Graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb with a degree in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, as well as Polish language and literature, and completed an MA in Japanese language and culture. During 2014-2015 participated in a six-month Program for Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields of the Japan Foundation in Japan. In 2016 started to work as an associate at the Section of Japanese Studies, Department of Indology and Far Eastern Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Received her PhD in 2021 with the thesis titled Japanese popular culture reception in Croatia as exemplified by anime and manga fans, and her research interests involve the areas of globalization, fan studies and anthropology of the future.