She was the daughter of Polish Army general Franciszek Ksawery Latinik and his wife Helena.

[2][3] She graduated in philosophy from Jagiellonian University and later went to Station biologique de Roscoff for scientific practice.

She published two popular science books: Krążenie pierwiastków w przyrodzie (The Circulation of Elements in Nature, Książnica-Atlas, Warszawa, 1938) and Regeneracja, odtwarzanie utraconych części ciała (Regenaration of body parts, Czytelnik, Łódź, 1950).

Vetulani spent World War II in Kraków, where she was working as a translator and taking care of her two children.

[2] On 18 January 1945, which was the last day of German occupation in Kraków, she went to the window to open it to prevent it from breaking in case of a bomb explosion.