Having a degree in Oriental Studies, Lena also received a postgrad education in Art History and Expertise in Antiques.
In the field of interior design, she began to work in 1998 as an assistant to an architect. In 2012 she graduated with honours from the interior design school "Details", where she has also taken a refresher course afterwards.
In 2017 and 2018, Lena was included in the list of "AD 100 Best Architects and Decorators of Russia" according to AD Russia magazine. Lena's projects are published in magazines: AD India, Arquitectura y Diseño, Interior Design, MiCasa, I+D, AD Russia, and Elle Decoration Russia.
Since 2017 Lena has been teaching at the interior design schools "Details" in Moscow and "Design Stories" in Kazan.