Arica made her theatrical debut off-Broadway in The Layover (Second Stage Theatre). According to The Wrap, "Himmel delivered the most unsentimental child performance ever." Arica played a supporting role in Before You Know It, which premiered in competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. She appeared in an episode of black-ish which introduced her character on the spin-off mixed-ish. For two seasons, Arica starred as the teenage version of Rainbow Johnson played by Tracee Ellis Ross on black-ish.