After joining Makin Architecture in 2001, Dragana worked as a Project Architect on a variety of significant schemes and was promoted to the board in 2007.

She originally studied at the School of Architecture in Belgrade, before going on to study at the Manchester University and the Manchester School of Architecture where she was awarded the Haywood Medal for the highest academic achievement and subsequently achieved her Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice 2002 at RIBA North West. Dragana has wide-ranging experience from refurbishment and remodelling of listed buildings to new build on brown-field sites and has a particular interest in high-rise structures. She is also a part-time associate lecturer at Manchester School of Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism College.