Dayang Istiaisyah bte Hussin graduated with Honours from the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, in 1999. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Sociology from the same university in 2004, with research on madrasah (Islamic educational institutions) in the context of nation-building in Singapore. After working as a Principal Executive of the Children, Youth & Family Services Department of the National Council of Social Services, Singapore, she is currently an Assistant Manager with the MUIS Academy (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore).