Réka completed her studies majoring in business financing at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Pécs in 2001. Since gaining university degree she has been working on the field of grants. First she carried out tasks of project management, auditing/monitoring and on-the-spot reviews as a grants officer for 3 years at the Hungarian State Treasury, then became regional officer  responsible for EU issues at a financial company and finally completed tasks of grant application writing and management for a consulting firm. 

She joined the Directorate of Grants' International Projects Office of the UP in 2015 and became head of the Office in 2017.