Since I was a small child at home with my parents, I knew that I would become a teacher who would share my knowledge with students who were always eager for interesting and useful information. The teaching profession was inspired by my geography teacher in elementary school, Mariana Popa, who had managed to fascinate me with her imaginary travels and the knowledge she possessed. If I look back now, I can see that my dream has become a reality.

I graduated from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Geography and Geology in Iași, majoring in Geography – A Foreign Language (English), then I followed my master’s studies (in Soil Science) and obtained my PhD in Geography with the thesis – Vrancea Depression – Geomorphological Study in 2008 within the same faculty. I have always been attracted to physical geography (especially the discipline that studies landforms – geomorphology), but also to the aspects of demography and toponymy of different places. I still remember with great joy the courses at the faculty where the professor of toponymy, prof.dr.em. Alexandru Ungureanu, managed to capture the minds of the students in the faculty auditorium! What times!

Here I am today, a professionally accomplished teacher, in an elite school in Romania – Avenor College. Since August 2015 when I joined this wonderful school environment, I have felt that all my experience accumulated over the years when I worked as a researcher at the Romanian Academy, as an English teacher in the primary cycle, a geography and environmental science teacher in Bucharest at a school with a Diploma Programme curriculum, and abroad in Singapore, has brought a dose of professionalism and balance to this vibrant community, which always creates particularly useful professional and personal experiences for each member of this school environment!

At Avenor I continue to fulfill the role of Leader for Humanities, but also the role of Form Tutor of the 11th grade Alpha, as well as the role of geography and global perspectives teacher. I believe that the best education is done in the classroom through practical activities where students understand and are encouraged to apply the knowledge taught in different forms of individual assessment or in collaboration with classmates. That is why I believe that Avenor College is the school where the values ​​of adventure, vocation, excellence, nature, opportunities and relationships are reflected in every activity that students and teachers carry out in a neat, beautiful and safe environment! 

As a great nature enthusiast (hiking, bird watching and growing and collecting wild orchid species), I continue to influence students to the joy of discovering the fascinating universe that surrounds us in different shapes and colours. I firmly believe that each of us plays an important role in this system that we like to call our home – the Blue Planet. I propose that this school year I involve children in more events related to the greening of the environment near us or in nature protection projects, because the new generations must understand that we are part of this system and only by knowing it can we live in harmony with nature.