After graduating the UCLA School of Law, Aviva worked as an attorney for several California-based law practices, eventually focusing on the entertainment industry. As a visiting professor at UCLA, she taught seminars dealing with constitutional and social issues involving privacy and personal freedoms. Aviva is currently the Senior Vice President of Business Affairs at Lifetime Television, responsible for all business affairs for all types of programming including reality, scripted, movies of the week, and documentaries. Aviva has also worked in that same capacity for Dick Clark Productions and International Creative Management.