She first lived in the Austrian city of Linz, where she graduated from high school.
[4] She graduated from the United States with a degree in philology from Columbia University.
She soon earned a doctorate in philosophy, defending her dissertation on the French poet Saint-John Perse.
[5] After graduation, she taught French in various educational institutions, and later worked as a political consultant for the US government.
Vasylkivska's poems are included in all three anthologies of New York group poets published at this time.