In 2000, she graduated from the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine with a degree in "enterprise economist-financier" and began working as a private entrepreneur.

During the Revolution of Dignity, he became a pro-Euromaidan activist, and in March 2014 he volunteered for the 25th Airborne Brigade stationed in Hvardiiske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

She sold her dacha in Dnipro and her bakery and withdrew money from deposits to buy the most necessary things for the 25th brigade, including uniforms, berets, generators.

On 17 August 2014, Rychkova's husband was killed during fighting in Nizhny Krynka-Zhdanivka region of Donetsk Oblast after being hit by a Russian BM-21 Grad missile strike.

After burying her husband, Rychkova continued to support the military, actively criticizing the state of affairs in the Armed Forces.

[7] In May 2015, she was included in the Commission of State Awards and Heraldry,[8] and in November of the same year she became a member of the Organizing Committee for the preparation and implementation of measures to create a memorial to Ukrainian heroes.