Rina graduated from UCDavis as an undergraduate majoring in Aerospace Engineering in 2017 and received her Master’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University in 2020. She currently works as a Spacecraft Systems Engineer at The Aerospace Corporation.

Rina joined the HRVIP lab during her freshman year and assisted several graduate research projects throughout her time at UCDavis. The primary projects were conceptual design of an ISS space ambulance and viscous flow control using vortex generators. She likes playing the piano, playing tennis, and cooking. Also, she enjoys flying as a private pilot.