Dina Bishay was born in Cairo and was raised among an Evangelical Presbyterian family, she is married to Amir Samir who is a pastor in the Heliopolis Evangelical Presbyterian Church and she is also a member at the same church, they have two daughters Layla and Nelly. Dina earned her Bachelor degree in Architecture from the faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University in 2007, and worked in the field of design for a while, then shifted her work to the field of Education in private schools. After her ministry with the youth for many years she decided to join the MAT program at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo (ETSC) and earned her degree in the concentration of Theology and History in 2016. Later, she earned her Th.M. degree in Christian Education from Princeton Theological seminary in the United States in 2017.
Dina joined the faculty team at ETSC in August 2021 and will be starting her doctoral program at Princeton Theological Seminary in Christian Education in Fall 2022. She participates in courses for Christian Education and teaches courses for youth ministry and children’s ministry.