Athina graduated from the Informatics Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2010 and completed the Master's Program in Computer Science at the same department in 2012. Her research interests include human-computer interaction (HCI), user experience design (UX), computer games design and sensorimotor learning. She works as a research assistant in the Informatics and Telematics Institute of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas since July 2016.