She is the granddaughter of Nikola Balkanski, a cousin of Georgi Sava Rakovski.

After her father passes away in 1907, her entire family moves to the capital - Sofia.

From 1914 to 1917 she takes piano lessons with Heinrich Wiesner and singing with Penka Toromanova,a famous opera singer.

[2] She starts her career in 1916, taking part in the first ever contest for artists, choristers and orchestrates in the National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria.

[4] Nowadays, there are theater spectacles in her honor - Mimi Balkanska, the Queen of the Opera.