Olga V. Buchko is a PhD Candidate in the duel-title program of Human Resource Development and Organizational Change and Comparative and International Education at the College of Education, Penn State University. She came to the United States in 2010 through the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program, a Fulbright exchange activity designed for experienced professionals from designated countries throughout the world. She earned masters degrees from Taurida National University in Simferopol, Ukraine, and South Ukrainian State Pedagogical University in Odessa, Ukraine.

Olga has seven years of experience working as an instructor in higher education, and as an HR and project manager in non-government organizations. Her research interests relate to career development and talent management.