Jumai graduated from Harvard University with a B.A in Neurobiology, yet to the surprise of everyone decided to pursue a career in Film and TV. In 2021, she received an MFA in Film and TV Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

As a Director, Writer, and Producer she strives to combine her love of science and art through film, and through her company Lunar Crown Productions. She is passionate about genre filmmaking (sci-fi, fantasy, horror), and since she is a Muslim, Nigerian immigrant, she always strives to bring the stories and characters of underrepresented minorities to the screen. She also loves Japanese anime, going to comic conventions, and cosplaying!

Her Oscar-qualified short film Nate & John was nominated for the 56th NAACP Image Awards, won the Gold House Cultural Impact Award at the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase during the 77th Cannes Film Festival, and world premiered at the Tribeca.

She is a fellow in the inaugural Sundance Institute x Walt Disney Muslim Artist Fellowship program. In 2022, her script Cocoa Doll was selected for the Black List’s Muslim List and the WScripted Cannes Screenplay List.

In 2020, Jumai produced two animated short films. SIMULACRA, a live-action / 3D animation hybrid, won the Student Academy Award in the Alternative/Experimental category. Izzy's Demons, a hand-drawn 2D animated film, was shortlisted for the student BAFTAs.

She was selected for the inaugural Television Screenwriting Lab for Black Muslim Writers run by MPAC and The Blackhouse with her animated TV series “Layla and the Starship Afrotopia”.