Toni Ariwijaya is working towards a doctorate in special education related to transitioning from high school to tertiary education settings for students with disabilities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Toni is a lecturer in education at Universitas Islam Al-Azhar, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics education from Universitas Mataram and a dual master’s in special education and educational leadership from the University of New South Wales with an Australia Awards scholarship.