Graduated from the Faculty of Choral Conducting at the D. Bortnianski Music School in Sumy in 1996, qualifying as a music teacher.
In 1996–2001, she studied at the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, where she obtained the diploma of Choral Conductor and Teacher of Choral Disciplines. After graduating, she completed a four-year assistant internship at the same Academy.
While working, she also led the Vesnyanka Choir (1998–2007), the Choir of the D. Kabalevsky Music School (2005–2011) and the Pokrov Chamber Choir (2002–2017). In addition, Olena served as Music Director of the Kyiv Academic Puppet Theatre (2011–2022) and Artistic Director of the Moravski Chamber Choir (2016–2022).