She enrolled at medical school in Tselinograd (now Astana), where she graduated in pharmaceutical sciences.

She started flying at age 19, in 1988, on a Sukhoi Su-26M3, while working as a technician at the Kurgan sports aviation club of DOSAAF.

[2] Together with Mikhail Mamistov and Oleg Spolyansky, she won the team gold medal in the 16th FAI European Aerobatic Championships 2008 in Hradec Králové (Czech Republic).

[4] In 1997, she received the Paul Tissandier Diploma by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).

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