Mg. philol., University of Latvia, Archives of Latvian Folklore of the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, Research Assistant. Graduated from the Latvian State University Faculty of Philology in 1986. Works for the Archives since the same year. Participated in field work in Latvia and outside it, worked in scholarly projects in Sweden and the U.K., participated in scholarly conferences in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, the USA, China. Scholarly interests: Latvian mythology, history of its study, mythology theories and their formation, text study, use of modern technology.