Tionge is a Legal Practitioner training under the Law Society of South Africa and has worked under various principles in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Canada .
Her socio-legal background has inspired her devotion to social justice, public interest rights and education.
She obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Psychology as well as her Law Degree (LLB) and finally her
Masters Degree (LLM) In Human Rights and Litigation from the University of Witwatersrand and Dalhousie University.
She tutors Maths literacy and English, subjects which she did exceptionally well in her Matric.