Education:

• Secondary education - State Trade School "Dimitar Hadjivasilev" - Svishtov (1993 - 1997). Specialized in "Banking, Insurance and Social activities "
•  Higher education - Veliko Tarnovo University “St. Cyril and Methodius” – Bachelor’s degree in “Bulgarian Philology” (1997 - 2002)
•  Veliko Tarnovo University "St. St. Cyril and Methodius"- Master’s degree in “Bulgarian Philology” (Bulgarian colloquial speech) (2002-2003)

Further Qualifications:

• Shumen University "Bishop Konstantin of Preslav" - Teacher of English, 5-8 grade (2003-2005)
• Veliko Tarnovo University "St. Cyril and Methodius" - PhD student at the Department of Modern Bulgarian (07.2015 -)

Academic position:

• Lecturer in Bulgarian language in DLST (2009 -)

Teaching:

• Bulgarian language - Preparatory Courses
  • Bulgarian for foreign students - Beginners
  • Bulgarian for foreign students - Intermediate
  • Bulgarian for foreign students - Advanced
  • Bulgarian Language classes for ethnic Bulgarians

Scientific interests:

• Methods of teaching Bulgarian as a foreign language
  • Morphology and Syntax of the Bulgarian language
  • Linguistic Pragmatics
  • Comparative Linguistics

Membership in scientific and public organizations

Language skills:

• English - very good
  • French - basic
  • Russian - basic