Born and raised in Greer, SC, Dina attended the University of SC and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media Arts. Cultivating her love for photography, she then moved to Georgia to study commercial & advertising photography at the Portfolio Center in Atlanta where she received numerous awards and recognition for her student and professional work.

By the mid 1990s Dina relocated to New York City to live, work, play, & gain the knowledge and creative style that formed her photographic career. Assignments for the City and non-profit organizations sparked a passion for photojournalism that led to the wonderful world of wedding photography and the joy she now receives from the images she creates for every bride & groom she works with.

A longing for sweet iced tea and porch swings led Dina to return South where she currently lives back home in South Carolina surrounded by the love and comfort of family, friends, and her dog, Pepper.