In 1994, Tsvetkova graduated with honors from the St. Petersburg State Mining Institute, G.V. Plekhanov (Technical University), with a degree in Economics and Management in the Mining Industry and Geological Exploration, having received the qualification of a Mining Engineer-Economist. In 1998, she defended her Ph.D. thesis on the topic "Environmental and economic efficiency of the integrated use of iron ore deposits (on the example of Karelsky Okatysh JSC)" and received a Ph.D. degree in economics. Since 1998 she has been working at SPGGI (TU). During her work at the institute, she has held the positions of assistant and associate professor of the department (since 2001). In 2004, she received the title of Associate Professor of the Department of Organization and Management. Her general scientific and pedagogical work experience in higher educational institutions is 25 years.