She is a doctoral researcher with over a decade of experience in higher education, research, and institutional governance. Her career as a lecturer in Indonesia has been the foundation for her current research, which examines the institutional and behavioral drivers of household food waste in urban Indonesia through a multi-level analytical lens. She holds two Master's degrees, in International Development (Japan) and Economics of Development (Indonesia).

Her work explores attitudes toward institutions in driving household food waste amid urban growth, linking behaviors to policy for equitable sustainability.