Of Iranian heritage, Nava was born in America and also raised in Australia. Her international upbringing as well as the Baháʼí Faith led her to active involvement in efforts pertaining to social transformation. She has been an international motivational speaker on these topics since 13 years of age. She has spoken at more than two dozen international conferences and social and economic development forums.  Some of the pioneering topics of her speaking engagements have included: the true causes of youth radicalization/extremism and how to both remedy and prevent it; the perception of the “other” as the greatest obstruction to peace; how the oppression of women leads to the fall of society; mass media and our perception of truth; the hidden effects of gender inequality; turning socio-economic development initiatives into global movements; material and spiritual identities; parenting as a means to transform society; mass media and our image of sex, the consequences of a lack of moral education and the power of the arts to create social movements within Millennial and Generation Z populations.