Alayna pulls from her own experiences to create heartfelt female driven queer stories. She began her career in the top 3 of Elle Canada’s Fashion Film competition, then took home a $10k Telus Storyhive grant for their Female Directors edition. Alayna competed in a live pitch contest and won the 2018 MPPIA short film award at the prestigious Whistler Film Festival. The award allowed her the support and sponsorship to create B-Side the short film. Since its completion B-Side was nominated for Best Short Drama and Best Musical Score Short Drama at the 2020 Leo Awards. The film also screened at Vancouver Short Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival and most recently the Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2020, where Alayna was the proud recipient of the Gerry Brunet award in recognition of a BC short filmmaker.