Tineka has dedicated the majority of her 2-decade career in higher education to mentoring students and helping them reach their academic and personal goals.  She started her career in higher education at Franklin and Marshall College coordinating extracurricular programs in the arts and has worked in Georgetown University’s Office in International Programs, at the Institute of International Education with the Boren Awards and for AMIDEAST a non-profit that focuses on exchange with the Arab world.  She joined Penn State in 2017 where she was serving as the Assistant Director for Advising in Education Abroad until she joined the URFM team in April 2023.  She holds a bachelor's from New York University and a master’s from Queen Mary College, University of London.