Moya joined the local Social Security Board in 1995 under a UDP administration, and later the Ministry of Economic Development, working in both cases as an economist.

By October 2004, she was facing a transfer to a different Ministry in the wake of conflicts with the Northern Fishermen's Cooperative over questionable practices and ignorance of her department's directives.

Moya, an officer in the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB), participated in the January 2005 strikes and shutdowns precipitated by the Musa budget.

[4] Moya won the hotly contested convention at the Anglican Cathedral College school grounds in Belize City on October 23, 2005.

Moya settled into her mayoral duties eagerly, traveling across the world as a representative of Belize City and taking some unpopular stands at home over sanitation control and tourism benefits.

Moya had expressed interest in becoming the UDP standard bearer in the Mesopotamia constituency at the 2015 general election should incumbent Area Rep. Michael Finnegan stand down.