I like to joke, I don't like to rush, nor follow trends, but I like to notice them. I love challenges, I love to experiment, to always do something new, to challenge my fears. Although I was raised in an environment that frenetically encouraged competition, I don't like competing with other people. Instead, I enjoy competing with myself. 
I've been drawing since I can remember my earliest memories, sometimes with quite long pauses, but sooner or later I've always returned to this refuge of my journey through this world.

I was born in Arad, a town on the western border of Romania, in 1985. I have spent the first years of my life with my grandmother in Făgăraș, in a picturesque landscape and an environment full of contrasts, where magic and beauty were intertwined with their opposite. In my grandmother's wonderful garden I learned to love nature, which later became my main source of inspiration and my best therapist. 

When I was 7 years old I returned to Arad, where I spent the next 12 years. Although I’ve always loved the creative fields, I finished High School in a Mathematics-Physics-English class at Moise Nicoară National College. However, it was, after all, a personal choice which I don’t regret. I had extraordinary teachers, each of them expressed pure passion for the subject they were teaching and that's the most important thing they passed on to me, beyond any information.

I was completely reconnected with drawing by 11th grade when, in biology class, we had the assignment to draw a picture of an inner ear. 😊

The joy and peace that I found in drawing and the enthusiasm that challenges bring me, directed my steps towards the Faculty of Interior Architecture. When I look back on what it meant to make this decision in Romania in 2003, I can only say that I am proud and grateful to the teenager that I was, for her courage, ambition and above all for her determination to go on her way in spite of all the voices around. 

In 2004 I started the Faculty of Interior Architecture at the University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu" in Bucharest, this city - school where I spent the next 6 years.

I worked as a babysitter during my first year of university, I was a marketing consultant in my second year and had my first job in the field in my 3rd, 4th, 5th years in a luxury furniture showroom. I finished university in 2009, in the middle of the economic crisis, a crisis that killed many businesses at that time, including the showroom where I was working and my parents' company.

I returned to Arad and worked for a real estate developer for 4 years. In 2013 I managed to buy a one-bedroom apartment where I experienced what I learned so far, according to my own vision. It was a surprise to see it went viral, not just locally or nationally. It helped me gain confidence, to publish more of what I create, even though my critical inner voice kept telling me it wasn't good enough.

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But in spite of it, projects started coming one after another, with smaller or bigger budgets, with smaller or bigger difficulties, just like in life. Overall, I think I grew organically, in my own pace and in my own way.

I am responsible for the existence of the Oaza de Bucurie, a concept through which I look to explore and exploit the power of interior architecture to truly change our lives for the better. The way the spaces in which we live, work or relax look and feel influences our psychological state, whether we are aware of it or not, beyond the purely visual and beyond trends. I think it's beautiful that nowadays we can use this knowledge as tools to help us shape our lives in the way that works the best for us. 
I love working with authentic, introspective, passionate, creative and hard-working people who have the courage to show their vulnerabilities and who, beyond any problem, see solutions and topics that we will laugh about later.