Drífa finished M.Sc. Education in public administration from Strathclyde University, Glasgow, and BA in Political Science from University of Iceland and Executive Coaching from Reykjavik University and Coach University. Drífa has extensive experience in Human Resource Management and Corporate Management, including strategy, project management, implementation and operation of quality systems, gender equality and wage and salary issues.

Drífa worked as Human Resource Manager at Isavia in Reykjavík 2016-2017 and was a HR Manager at Mannviti 2007-2015. Drífa sits as a board member at Birta pension fund. She is one of the founding members of Flóra, Association of HR managers in Iceland, and sat on the board of Flóra for total 5 years.