Alta is an attorney and conveyancer and specialises in the field of deceased estates, curatorship of estates, and property law which includes property transfers, sectional titles, bond registrations and cancellations, consolidations, subdivisions and servitudes.

Alta commenced with her articles at De Beer & Claassen in January 1992 and obtained her B.Proc. degree from Unisa in 1994. She was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1996 and became an associate at De Beer & Claassen in the same year. In 1998, she was admitted as a conveyancer.

Alta is also a part of the Vaal Roots Community Initiative.