Ege Sürek graduated from Yeditepe University with high honours in 2019 with a BA in Political Science and International Relations and from Sabancı University in 2021 with an MA in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. She started her work life as an intern in Trust Consultancy, which works in humanitarian aid, monitoring & evaluation fields. She later continued in the same company as a Project Officer who worked with various international institutions. Afterward, she worked in Innovation for Development which is in the development sector, as a Project Officer. As of October 2021, Sürek started working in TÜRKONFED as a Specialist in the Projects Department and Sectoral Structuring Department.