Dr. Maria Peneva graduated English high school in 2007. She acquired Bachelor and Master Degree in Public Health and Health Care Management, Medical University Sofia. In 2015 she defended her Thesis "Management of Food Safety and Education of Society for informed choice". She works in Medical Center “Eurozdrave-Bulgaria” as a Public Health Manager since 2011. She also works as a technologist in Daflorn Ltd.(a company producing probiotics containing Lactobacillus bulgaricus DWT1) since 2015. She is a certified auditor in HACCP, ISO22000, ISO9001, FSSC 22000 and FDA licensed person in food safety. She is owner of Patent US 9,131,708 B2/ 2015 and BG Patent No.4294 U1/2022, both for probiotics. She is co-author of over 15 scientific articles and publications.