Upon her graduation from the Economics Department of AUCA with honors in 2015, Malika started her career as an economic expert at Kyrgyzaltyn, one of the major companies in the Kyrgyz Republic specializing in the development of the nation’s gold deposits. Malika has been trusted with the company’s most important projects, such as the strategic plan for Kyrgyzaltyn, the main focus of which is the restructuring of a big government-owned mining company into a new holding-like institution. In October, 2015 Malika took part in the Life in Kyrgyzstan conference held in Bishkek, during which she won a prize for her paper, Socio-Economic Determinants of Life Satisfaction in Kyrgyzstan. An active member of her community, Malika also recently organized a fund-raising event to support the Children’s Rehabilitation Center “Umut” in Bishkek.