Radost Sabeva is a Bulgarian Language Instructor and Cross-Cultural facilitator who has been working with a broad range of foreign learners of the Bulgarian language for more than 20 years. She has worked with various embassies and foreign offices in Sofia as well as with individual learners and groups from many countries and nationalities. Radost is a graduate of St. St. Cyril and Methodius University, Veliko Tarnovo and has an MA in Bulgarian Linguistics with a Minor in History.Zhana Zagorova has an MA in Russian Studies from Sofia University and an MBA in Marketing from the City University of Seattle. She also holds a post-graduate certificate for Teaching English as a Foreign Language.… Zhana has worked for 8 years as a lecturer, teacher and examiner at various universities and language centers in Sofia, Bulgaria where she taught English and Russian to students (ages 5-25) from beginner to advanced levels and facilitated seminars and exams on the cultural history of Bulgaria.Zhana and Radost have also worked as a Bulgarian language and culture facilitator for US Peace Corps Trainees and Volunteers in Bulgaria and in cooperation with other authors developed a series of Bulgarian language manuals for the Volunteers' pre-service and in-service trainings. The language materials were in use until the closure of the Peace Corps program in Bulgaria in 2013.