As a violinist, Iba performs regularly with leading ensembles including the Grammy-nominated Wild Up, Brightwork newmusic, and is the concertmaster of Derrick Skye’s award-winning Bridge to Everywhere ensemble - with whom she made the recording and REDCAT premiere of Skye’s Mind the Rhythm for solo violin and electronics. She has been featured on NPR with world-folk band Primero Suazo, and is a regular studio musician for film and television. Iba is also an accomplished baroque violinist, and plays regularly with Musica Angelica, LA Camerata, and Musica Transalpina.

As an educator, Iba is the Artistic Director and principal conductor of the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra - a groundbreaking program that introduces young musicians to contemporary and cross-cultural music alongside traditional western classical repertoire. Under her leadership, the group made their Carnegie Hall debut in April 2024. She has taught and lectured extensively in performance & music history, appearing with institutions such as California Institute of the Arts, Mount St. Mary's University, Ventura College, Longy School of Music, the Walden School Young Musicians Program, and is on the violin faculty of Kinhaven Music School. Iba is also a regular pre-concert lecturer for the LA Philharmonic, and her talks can be heard on the Upbeat Live podcast. 

She holds degrees from California Institute of the Arts and Oberlin Conservatory, where she was awarded the Marilyn McDonald scholarship and the Louis and Annette Kaufman violin prize in 2014.