A long-time artist, Dina graduated from Florida State University with an interior design degree, opened Creative Edge Design and soon was in demand around the Tampa Bay Area. Over the next decade and a half she was engrossed in one large design project after another.

She began shooting other subjects for fun, relentlessly seeking to capture the essence which she felt defined her subjects. Not happy with a static image, she wanted motion and life—wanted to capture the core identity of anything she shot.

Soon she was selling her work to local galleries she had frequented as a designer. She found that her years of experience in the trade gave her a unique perspective as a photographer. She was able to shoot with an eye toward creating interior artwork—images she would want to use in an interior design project herself.

In her personal life Dina maintains a full balance of life, work and art. When not behind a camera, engaged in a design project or running her business, she can be found with her family and friends or volunteering in a number of nonprofit organizations she supports.