Feb 14FeminEast: Educatie financiara si resurse accesibile tuturor femeilor din Europa de EstFeminEast își propune să creeze un spațiu sigur pentru femei și toate minoritățile vulnerabile din Europa de Est (indiferent de rasă, gen, origine, educație, orientare sexuală, religie) prin împuternicirea și sprijinirea reciprocă în a învăța cum să-și gestioneze banii: de la economisire la investiții și totul ce există între. De ce ne adresăm, în primul rând, femeilor? Pe…Romania7 min readRomania7 min read
Feb 13FeminEast: Making financial literacy resources accessible for Eastern European womenFeminEast aims to create a safe space for women and all minorities in Eastern Europe (regardless of race, gender, background, education, sexual orientation, religion) — by empowering and supporting each other in learning about handling their money: from saving to investing and everything in between. Why Women? Across the globe, women earn…Gender Equality7 min readGender Equality7 min read
Dec 28, 2022Notes from Chinese Female Executives in the Private Sector: Rethinking the Third-Child PolicyWomen have continuously been on the losing end of China’s population control laws. The one-child policy led to an imbalanced gender population with heavy favoritism for male children, pushing girls to battle social expectations from birth. Speaking with some of China’s most professionally accomplished women in leading industries today, the…China8 min readChina8 min read
Mar 11, 2022Travel Journal, a month wandering ChinaPreface — To contextualize, in September 2021, I left Bucharest, Romania to begin my journey as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in China. …Travel23 min readTravel23 min read
Aug 17, 2021Applying to Schwarzman ScholarsBefore you read To contextualize, in August 2020, I applied and was accepted into the Schwarzman Scholars program in Beijing, China. This article presents details, takeaways and resources that helped me on my journey to applying to one of the world’s top scholarships and fellowships that provide a full ride, housing, a stipend…China7 min readChina7 min read
Aug 15, 2021Letter to my 18-year old selfI’ve always had a hard time stopping and reflecting on everything that has happened. The emotions I felt during my own graduation from the University of Pennsylvania in May could not be put into words — joy, pride, but also a bit of fear of the unknown. …Graduation5 min readGraduation5 min read
Oct 6, 2020Motivating Factors in the South African Gig-Economy‘Gig economy’ also called the ‘sharing’ economy, ‘open talent’ economy, ‘freelance’ economy and the ‘on demand’ economy, involves a temporary contractual job or short-term contract or freelance work that a person may take, on a project-to-project basis, for which the payment is made once the task is completed. But what…South Africa3 min readSouth Africa3 min read
Sep 29, 2019Findings from Transnistria, the frozen conflict zone between Moldova and UkraineIn 1990–1991, Soviet Union’s military armies left the territories of the Eastern European countries which they protected. Some of these countries were independent (East Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary), some of them were part of the Soviet Union (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Moldavian Republic). There was one exception, the Russian…Russia5 min readRussia5 min read
Jul 21, 2019Am fost la CernobîlCultura de siguranță scăzută a întregului sistem a fost cauza accidentului de la Cernobîl și cu tristețe vă spun că nu s-au schimbat prea multe de atunci. Eram într-un hostel din Chișinău (Moldova) când, după ce am auzit poveștile celorlalți călători, am decis să vizitez Cernobîl, scena uneia dintre cele…Romanian6 min readRomanian6 min read
Jul 21, 2019Visiting ChernobylLow safety culture of the entire system was the cause of the Chernobyl accident. I’m sad to say, not much has changed. In a hostel in Chisinau (Moldova), after hearing the stories of fellow solo travelers, I decided to visit Chernobyl, the sight of one of the worst human disasters…Chernobyl6 min readChernobyl6 min read
