She was graduated as M.A. in Ethnology at the same university. Her Ph D research “Ethnosociology of the city” explores the postsocialist Plovdiv as a Bulgarian and Balkan city in transition. She is a lecturer in Urban Ethnology, Visual anthropology, Ethnosociology and Fieldwork. Her main research and teaching interests are in the fields of identities and boundaries, space and communities, local - global and networks, gift exchange and social capital. Her current research activities are on Migrations between Bulgaria and Turkey, Roma as urban inhabitants and Local heritage and networks.