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Petia Koleva
Petia Koleva
Personal details
Born (1987-06-20) 20 June 1987 (age 37)
Sofia, Bulgaria
ProfessionWeb designer

Petia Koleva (Bulgarian: Петя Колева, née Petrova; born June 20, 1987 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian web designer. She is the first woman to win the Women in Tech award from the Bulgarian "Website of the Year" in 2021.[1] and was among the 12 women in "Top 100 Most Influential ITs in Bulgaria" in 2023.[2] She is a successor of Todor Kableshkov,[3] a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the April Uprising.

Early life and education

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Born on June 20, 1987, in Sofia, Bulgaria, Petia is an only child. Her parents divorced when she was a toddler. Her paternal great-grandfather was a first cousin of the revolutionary Todor Kableshkov.

She graduated high-school in Sofia, and from 2005 to 2009 attended New Bulgarian University where she studied psychology in the class of Prof. Boicho Kokinov, director of the Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science.

Her interest in web design began in her teenage years.[4] What was a hobby for years, she turned into her profession in 2014.

Awards

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Year Title Award Ref
2023 ComputerSpace - International Computer Art Forum Special Award: Web Design: Society And Institutions [5]
2023 Career Show Top 100 Most Influential ITs in Bulgaria [6]
2021 Website of the Year (Bulgaria) Women in Tech - a special award for the contribution of women in technology [7]
2019 Clutch Top Webdesigners in Bulgaria

References

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  1. ^ "Donation sites, beehive adoption sites and scavenger hunt app among Site of the Year 2021 winners". bgweb.bg (in Bulgarian). 5 Nov 2021. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  2. ^ "A woman is in the Top 100 of the most influential IT personalities in Bulgaria". euronewsbulgaria.com. 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  3. ^ "The story of Todor Kableshkov's successor". nova.bg (in Bulgarian). 20 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  4. ^ "Petya Koleva, web designer and founder of My Super Site" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  5. ^ "Computer Space 2023 Winners – ComputerSpace". computerspace.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  6. ^ "Petya Koleva is among the Top 100 most influential IT personalities in Bulgaria" (in Bulgarian). 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  7. ^ Digitalk (2021-11-05). "The winners of "Site of the Year" 2021 are known". www.digitalk.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-07-20.


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