Dina has been working in the field of international food security and markets for 20 years. Dina is a Senior Technical Advisor for Food Security and Markets on Catholic Relief Services’ humanitarian response team. She is part of CRS’ Market-Based Rapid Response and Recovery team, which supports market-based programming in pre-crisis, emergency, and early recovery contexts for food security and other basic needs. She works across humanitarian and development spaces to provide strategy, technical leadership, and technical support to CRS’ food security programs.

Dina has lived in Chad, Burundi, Haiti, and the Federated States of Micronesia for her work, and she has traveled to over 25 countries for technical program support. She holds a MALD from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Dina currently lives in Colorado, in the U.S., and enjoys spending time with her husband and two little kids, exploring and hiking in the mountains, running, and gardening.