Graduated with a degree in Metal from the National Academy of Art in Sofia and continued with her PhD in Porcelain and Glass Design at the National Academy of Art, and is currently a Glass Design lecturer at New Bulgarian University. Monika is a member of the board of the International Bienniale of Glass. In 2018 she won the Grand Prize of the Municipality of Pleven in the Ninth International Biennale of Small Forms, Pleven. Over the years she has made several creative specialisations – handblown glass – in the Czech Republic. She was a resident artist in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France in 2014. She also founded her own studio for art glass - Mohika.