She holds a clinical license in social work from NJ where she lived and practiced social work for 11 years before moving to Washington State in 2016 to teach at EWU. She has earned her BSW and MSW from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria and DSW in Clinical Social work from University of Pennsylvania. Rumyana’s clinical and scholarly interests include women&#39;s reproductive rights and mental health, perinatal social work, trauma and grief, trauma-informed interventions and systems, and interdisciplinary studies and approach to holistic healthcare.