Ziba attended graduate school at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, receiving a Master of Science in Library and Information Science, 2012. In graduate school, Ziba received a certificate of specialization in archives and special collections while interning at the American Film Institute's Louis B. Mayer Library Special Collections and the University of California in Irvine's Special Collections & Archives. Ziba is a current co-organizer of Long Beach Zine Fest & has been on the organizing team since 2016 working with social media, workshops, panels & exhibitor selection, LBZineFest.com. Ziba recently started back up in public radio on KLBP 99.1 FM in Long Beach, KLBP.org. Ziba hosts a music show, Channel Z, every Saturday at 6pm!