 In 1980 she graduated from the Philology Department of Kiev University after which she worked as a teacher at the professional technical college (PTU) #4 in Kiev city.In 1981 Ulianchenko became a Komsomol activist.In 1987 Ulianchenko was elected a deputy to the municipal raion council of Soviet Raion of Kiev city and a deputy head of the Soviet Raion executive committee.