Diana and I met online in 2007, when the idea of Bulgarians of the Year in the United States arose. Unlike many other categories that focus on events, the Salt Lake City International Institute of Anthropology implemented the idea of the anthropology of everyday life—the search for values that create cultural capital in everyday life. Along with Nikola Charakchiev and Peter Stamatov from Chicago, Diana was relentless in drawing a realistic picture of immigration in the U.S. with her focus on Bulgarians from Detroit, Michigan. Diana, her husband, Boyan, and her daughter Daria, became a Bulgarian family of the year in 2007. Above all, the love in the family and the friendship they shared with other Bulgarians from Detroit was impressive.