Katerina Slantcheva attained her Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Telecommunications and minored in Multimedia Arts at Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Upon her graduation she received the Lynett Medal for academic distinction in Communication Arts. She then went to earn her Master of Fine Arts at Florida State University's Conservatory of Motion Picture Arts in Tallahassee, Florida. While at FSU she was awarded one of the five thesis films, Lamia, which she wrote and directed. Katerina wrote and directed four films during her studies at FSU, including Noir Abyss. She recently earned her Master of Science in International Business at CIU, Los Angeles, California.