She graduated from the Novosibirsk State Academy of Water Transport (with honors); an engineer "Protection in Emergency Situations" (2006), economist-manager in "Economics and Management" (2008); place of work: LLC "Radio Siberia Altai"; Master of Sports in polyathlon (all-around), and rafting, winner of silver medal "Ski Track of Russia" (2011); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 30.10.2012 - 17.12.2014.
End of December 2025, the defense of doctoral dissertations (Dr. phil.) took place at the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University). Anna Y. Kikina's dissertation topic was: "Development of a computational and experimental method to improve the positioning accuracy of actuators of anthropomorphic robotic systems for advanced manned space programs."