Dinara Suhanberdyyeva born in 1990 in Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan is a Corporate Communications Coordinator at the Near East Institute. She completed her primary education in 2006. In 2010, she started her university career in the department of International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of the Near East University. In 2015, upon completion of her BA degree she started her MA studies in the department of International Law at Near East University. Since 2015, she has been working as a Research Assistant at the Near East Institute of the Near Eastern University. In 2017, she completed her MA degree and joined a PhD program in Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning and Economics. Her research interests are in comparative analysis of higher educational systems in countries of the former Soviet Union.