Ivayla is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care since 2017 and of the Euroean College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care since 2019 after completing a residency at the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland. During her residency she also completed a doctoral thesis on the topic of synthetic colloids in the same establishement. 

She graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Trakia University, Bulgaria, in 2007 after completing her senior year at the National Veterinary School of Nantes, France. This was followed by a Small Animals Internship at the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France. Before starting her residency in 2013, she spent 3 years in a Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care private practice on the French Riviera. During this time, she also completed a Master of Business Administration (Institute of Business Administration, Nice, France) and an Inter-University Diploma in Pain Management (Medical Faculty,University of Montpellier, France).