Dili is a senior at the University of Missouri studying Economics and Mathematics. She is originally from Nigeria, which has greatly influenced her interest in policy and poverty alleviation, in relations to Africa. Her other research interests include labor, health and macroeconomics. She was a research intern for the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she researched the impact Think Tanks in Africa had in policy making. In the future, she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in developmental economics and examine the why and how communities stay in poverty.