Intan graduated from Brawijaya University Malang, majoring in Government studies with a thesis on Gender Responsive Budgeting. Her concern for Gender Equality grew more profound when she became a paralegal in the Women Crisis Centre (WCC) Dian Mutiara Malang and joined several grassroots women’s movements. Currently, she is a Development Studies Master's Student at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam majoring in Human Rights, Gender and Conflict Studies: Social Justice Perspectives with a specialization in Women and Gender Studies.