Uma is a playwright based in Kilbarchan, Scotland. She was one of the BBC's Scottish Voices 2020 and was the Starter Female Political Comedy writer-in-residence at the National Theatre of Scotland.

Uma is a graduate of École Philippe Gaulier and a previous participant of the Royal Court's Young Writers' Programme and the Traverse Theatre's Young Writers' Programme. In 2014 Uma won the New Playwrights Award from Playwrights’ Studio Scotland. Her play EXODUS had its premiere at the Traverse Theatre in August 2022.

Awards include: Kavya Prize 2022, Shakespeare is Dead International Selection 2024.

She works as a staff nurse in critical care with NHS Scotland.