Gatya Simeonova, graduated in Slavic Philology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ”with a Polish language profile. She is currently a doctor of historical sciences, working at the Ethnographic Institute with a museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, section Ethnology of Modernity. Her research interests are in the field of urbanization, urban culture, traditional holidays, ethnographic groups and others. She is the author of dozens of scientific publications, articles and books.