Ihnatovich is a journalist and a civic activist. She was the leader of EHU’s LitPro project, has authored a number of scholarly publications, has curated several film festivals, including ToKino and Lithuanian/Soviet Cinema: Reconstruction, and is involved in other public activities. She is an alum of EHU’s undergraduate Mass Media and Journalism program (BA, 2010) and graduate Visual and Cultural Studies program (MA, 2012) and was named both the best undergraduate and best graduate student in her class.