Destry Intan Syafitri J studies atmospheric sciences for a master’s degree at Texas A&M University—College Station. Her focus is on numerical weather prediction and developing local-scale weather modeling using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF).

She is a weather observer and forecaster at Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (Indonesian Agency for Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics) of Gusti Syamsir Alam in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan.

She graduated from Sekolah Tinggi Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika with a bachelor’s degree in applied meteorology.