Dina first came to the US from Russia in 2012 as a high school Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) student, toured ASU and returned here to begin her undergraduate career in 2014. From 2015 to 2018 she taught BIO181/182 and CHM237/238 laboratories at the ASU Downtown Campus. Dina graduated Summa Cum Laude from Barrett Honors College in May 2018 and is currently pursuing a PhD in Biology and Society while working as the Editor in Chief of the Embryo Project Encyclopedia.