She received her teaching diploma in 1983 and began teaching at the secondary school in Nagydobrony. Two years later, she was appointed Deputy Principal responsible for education, and from 1990 she served as the elected principal of the school. In 1991, at her initiative, the professional organization for teachers working in Hungarian-language schools was established—this became the Transcarpathian Hungarian Pedagogical Association, of which she remains president to this day. She began her doctoral studies in Debrecen in 1995 and defended her dissertation in 2001, earning her academic degree. In 2013, following a public defense, her qualification was officially recognized at Ternopil National University in Ukraine, granting her the degree of Candidate of Sciences. Her academic work focuses on the challenges faced by national minorities in Ukraine in the field of learning and education. She has published on these topics in both Hungarian and foreign languages. She has served multiple terms as a representative in the Transcarpathian County Council. She is a public body member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a member of the praesidium of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Academic Council. She also initiated the founding of the civil organization Pro Cultura Subcarpathica.
Her work has been recognized with several important awards and honours over the past decades.
