Adina began her Library career at Kean University, Union, NJ as a library assistant in the Ethnic Studies Center. She then worked as a reference librarian at Kean. She worked at Syracuse University Library as the librarian for Social Work and Allied Fields from September 2002- July 2014. She now is a Librarian and Assistant Professor at Silberman School of Social Work and Urban Public Health, Hunter College, CUNY

Before working in libraries, she was an employment consultant for people with disabilities at P.A.T.H. Inc. in northeast Philadelphia, PA. She has an MLS from Rutgers University and is graduating with an MA in Cultural Foundations of Education and CAS in Disability Studies in 2013. Her undergraduate degree is a double major in English and Philosophy with a certificate in Women's Studies from Albright College in Reading, PA.