Tina comes to the academia from the fields of human rights and social policy. Tina has previously worked in the areas of LGBTIQ, women's and refugee rights. She has significant experience engaging with the UN mechanisms such as shadow reporting under the Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the gender audit of the Global Compact on Refugees as a part of its development. Tina is also the co-founder of the Queer Sisterhood Project, a peer-run support and advocacy group for queer refugee women.