Education: Kazan State Pedagogical University, specialty "English and German languages", qualification: teacher of English and German (1978); Vyatka State University, postgraduate education (1995-1999)

Dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences "Formation of interest of younger schoolchildren in national culture by means of emotional stimulation" (1999)

17 certificates of training seminars on various aspects of social work.

Research interests: social work in various spheres of life, with different categories of the population, social pedagogy.