Daniela Dimova-Yaneva is an Edinburgh-based curator, translator and educator with a background in competitive ballroom dance across Scotland. She holds a PhD in medicine and an MA in Art History from Edinburgh College of Art, the University of Edinburgh. In 2014 Daniela co-established and continues to run The Bulgarian Community School in Edinburgh where Bulgarian folk dance, storytelling and music are taught alongside Bulgarian Language, Literature, History and Geography to over 100 students.

In 2017 Daniela co-founded the Bulgarian Cultural and Educational Centre Scotland – the only independent non-profit and non-venue based arts, culture and education organisation of its kind in Scotland. Through the Centre, Daniela curates, produces, coordinates and amplifies cultural events, festivals and initiatives which feature Bulgarian-born creatives or those of Bulgarian descent who are often Scotland-based as part of the ongoing Thistles and Sunflowers initiative.

Image by Daniela Dimova-Yaneva