Noor is a lecturer at the English Education Department, Faculty of Language Education of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in English Education from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta and Master’s degree in English Language Studies from Universitas Sanata Dharma in 2000 and 2009. She would like to pursue her Doctoral degree in English, Teaching, and Learning. Her research will focus on creating a model for Teacher Professional Development (TPD) system for the instructors of non-formal education. After implementing the TPD model at her home institution, she would like to disseminate it to other Muhammadiyah universities. Upon completion the program, she intends to return to Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and dedicate herself to her academic area.
For her Fulbright Doctoral degree program in Curriculum and Instruction, Noor is placed at Kent State University.