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About

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I hold a Bachelor's degree in Social-Cultural Economics and a Master's degree in Media Communications. My professional journey includes roles as a copywriter, advertising consultant, journalist, PR specialist, and expert in digitization of museum collections. I have also participated in cultural exchange programs between Bulgaria and the USA. In 2001, I graduated from a math and English class in Sveti Patriarh Evtimiy High School in Plovdiv. In 2005, I was part of the cultural exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and spent the summer in New Jersey working at an amusement park. In 2006, I became a Bachelor in Economics of the Socio-Cultural Sphere at The University of National and World Economy /UNWE/ in Sofia. In 2008, I got a Master's Degree in Media Communication (Journalism, Advertisement, PR) at Paisii Hilendarski University in Plovdiv. During my studies I worked briefly as a marketing specialist for Aivan-7 and an intern at Darik Radio. After 2008, I published my articles in Mylife magazine, later I was an editor for Anonce newspaper. From 2011 to 2023, I worked at Regional Museum of History, Plovdiv, where I wrote and sent press releases, created videos, photos, and articles for the website and the social profiles that I supported and maintained, wrote projects and participated in municipal projects, took care of the museum's computer systems, and developed software for our kiosk systems. I was also a part of a project called Digital Cultural and Historical Heritage of Plovdiv Municipality. During this time, I underwent training and worked with professional photography equipment, scanners (including 3D scanners), and specialized software. Since November 2023, I have been working as an Information Technology Expert at the Regional Museum of Archaeology, Plovdiv. In 2007, the Bulgarian publishing house LiterNet published my short novel entitled Paranoia. In 2015, the American publishing house Neverland Publishing included my photographs and essays in a collection of poetry, prose and photography entitled Flaws of Oblivion. My writings, including my short novels Paranoia and Imago are featured on the website of Smashwords - the world's largest distributor of indie ebooks.