She has graduated at the University of Architecture Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACG), Sofia, Bulgaria. She obtained het PhD on 3D GIS for urban development in 2000, at Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria. She has worked as surveyor at the Bulgarian National Cadastre, Sofia (1985-1990), assistant-professor at UCG (1990-1995), researcher at ITC, Enschede, Netherlands (1995-1999) and associate professor at the section GIS technology at OTB, Delft University of Technology.