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Daiana comes from Bulgaria ; she was born in 1980 at Malo Kounare (near Plovdiv) and came in Greece for the first time in 2003. At the time of the interview her worked as a 'Night-shift worker in cafes and bars'.
Interview date: 10/04/2006
Researcher who did the interview: Alexandra Siotou
Subfield of the interview: Labor
Daiana comes from a village near Plovdiv. She has two siblings. Currently her parents grow watermelons but during the communist period her father was a plasterer and her mother a cleaner in the town hall. Daiana believes that after the breakdown of communism the economic situation in Bulgaria took a turn for the worse, and this is why many people had to migrate. Daiana dropped out of university and got married when she was 19 years old. Some years later she got divorced and went to live with her younger son in her family´s house. When she was 23 years old she migrated to Greece, where her uncle was already living. One year later her son also came to Greece. Today she is married to a Greek man. During the first period of her time in Greece she worked in a hotel. She has also worked in a factory and in fast food shops. Today she is a waitress in bars. Some of the most interesting issues discussed in the interview concern her views on gender relations in Bulgaria and in Greece, particularly related to work, and on sorcery.
