Yana receives her degree in architecture at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia. During her education she spends 6 months in Italy, where she studies the architecture of Ancient Rome and prepares her pre-diploma project. Before finishing her studies she develops her first independent interior project for two apartments which later becomes part of one of the most popular magazines for interior design. For three years she gains experience in furniture technology and design. For two years she takes a leading role in reconstruction of an office building from the beginning of the construction process to the end of the furniture assembly.

Yana has great interest in dynamic and untraditional architecture and also parametric design. She believes that architecture consists of the unity between a brave idea, good composition, communication with the surroundings, organized function, working details and a strive for challenging the well-known boundaries.