Dina started out her professional career working as export sales responsible for a company in the engineering industry. In 1997, she decided to commit herself to the international cooperation development field with GVC, one of the most relevant Italian NGOs.

Her first experience with the Organisation took her to Palestine, where she initially worked as Project Manager, coordinating emergency interventions in the Gaza Strip, and later became Regional Representative for the Middle East based in Jerusalem.

In 2002 she returned to Bologna, the Italian Headquarters of GVC, responsible for operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle Ease, and subsequently assumed the role of International Programmes Director. In June 2014 she was elected President of GVC and in December 2018 she became CEO and General Manager of the WeWorld-GVC Foundation.