Katerina Stoyanova was born in 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated from NGDEK St. Constantine-Cyril the Philosopher in 2017 in her hometown. After that she continued her studies at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski to pursue a degree in Slavic philology with Czech language. Her university studies deepened her interest in the field of translation and she took part in several translation competitions. Her debut translation of the novel Silent Years by the contemporary Czech writer Alena Mornštajnová was published in 2023. K. Stoyanova is currenly a PhD student in Czech language at Sofia University.