Vladić-Mandarić, Lidija was born in 1971 in Mostar, where she finished primary and secondary school. After graduating from the Faculty of Education in Mostar (majoring in biology and chemistry), she became a master of music culture and ethnomusicology (after completing the first and second cycles) at the Study of Music at the Faculty of Science, University of Mostar. She received her doctorate from the Academy of Arts of the University of Split, in the field of humanities, art sciences, branch of musicology and ethnomusicology. She currently holds the position of Head of the Study of Music Arts, and is Vice-Dean for Business, Human Potentials and Quality Management at the FPMOZ of the University of Mostar.