 In 1997 graduated from Kiev University with a degree in history and again in 2000 with a degree in international law.In 1999 Usenko-Chorna was appointed principal consultant of the National Bureau for compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.Since May 2000 she was appointed Senior Consultant of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) on legal policy and adviser for the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and deputy head of the administration.