After finishing my Master studies in Early and Preschool Education at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Rijeka, Croatia, I earned my PhD in Pedagogy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Croatia. Currently I work as a Senior Research Assistant at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Rijeka. I began my professional career as a preschool teacher in several public and one private kindergarten. Since 2015 I've been working in higher education, participating in teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate programmes of the Early and Preschool Education studies. My research interests include early and preschool education, the culture of educational institution, the new paradigm of the child and childhood, (co)construction of curriculum, action research, and educational research methodology.