In May 1945 her father was exiled from the country and moved to the United States, but Dimitrova remained in Bulgaria and was continuously exerted pressure on by the communist authorities.

She was asked to renounce her father several times and upon her refusal was expelled from high school and had to finish as a private student.

After her graduation she worked as a doctor of Romance studies at The George Washington University (1966–1972) and at the World Bank.

Dimitrova returned to Bulgaria in 1992 (after the Revolutions of 1989 removed the communist government) and joined the country's political life.

Dimitrova was married to the late Dr. Charles Arthur Moser, a reader of Bulgarian and Slavic studies at the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad.