Pia is an accomplished playwright, fiction podcast author, and TV writer. She has been recognized for her talents through numerous grants, fellowships, and residencies. Her plays have been produced by Miles Square Theatre, AD Players, Crossroads Theatre, Workspace Collective, Drew University, Yendor Theatre Company, Adelphi University, Horse Trade Theater Group, and The Fire This Time play festival. In September 2026, her play EFFA LOVES BASEBALL will debut at Kean University's Premiere Stages. She wrote the audio component in the Harriet Tubman Monument performed by Queen Latifah. In television, Pia has been a writer for A24/Peacock’s CRYSTAL LAKE, NatGeo’s GENIUS ARETHA and BET’s SACRIFICE.

In 2003, Pia's short story, Dressed In Your Dreams, was published by The Summerset Review. The following year, a short film she penned, Blinding Goldfish, debuted at the New Zealand Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. It was also shown at the Pan-African Film Festival in Los Angeles and the Trenton Film Festival in New Jersey.