Marina Kulikova graduated from the St. Petersburg College of Tourism and Hotel Service in 2008 with a degree in Tourism organizing and from the St. Petersburg State University of Economics in 2015 with a degree in Commerce.

Marina also holds a certificate of advanced training from the Moscow State Educational Complex in Advertising and a diploma of professional retraining from the Center for Specialized Education "Prof-Resource" in the specialty of Software Engineer.

She began working in education in St. Petersburg in 2020 and joined UCA SPCE in 2024.