Experience

MKBT: Make Better

• Romania
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Housing Coordinator

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  I am part of a small team that thinks and plans urban regeneration projects in an inclusive and interdisciplinary manner. While my focus is on the right to housing, I am also contributing to projects looking at the communities left behind in the green transition. My main responsibilities include field research, data analysis and strategic thinking while working directly with grassroots communities and local public authorities. I am part of a small team that thinks and plans urban regeneration projects in an inclusive and interdisciplinary manner. While my focus is on the right to housing, I am also contributing to projects looking at the communities left behind in the green transition. My main responsibilities include field research, data analysis and strategic thinking while working directly with grassroots communities and local public authorities.



F-SIDES Cineclub

• Movies, Videos, and Sound

• Co-Founder

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  F-SIDES is a feminist film project aimed at using culture as a medium to advance awareness about gender equality. We set up an educational feminist film curricula for teenagers in small cities with reduced access to cultural infrastructure, and in parallel we run a monthly female gaze film club in 3 Romanian cities. We have also released a research report on cultural consumption and gender awareness for youth in small towns. In my role as Co-founder I am involved in fundraising, strategic planning, project management, and developing the educational curricula. Show less



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant (Social expert)

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  My role within the Urban team was in research and analysis on fostering urban inclusion for marginalised communities. I was part of several assignments looking at spatial exclusion and housing vulnerability in the case of Roma communities. Most recently we delivered guidelines to line ministries and disseminated findings to local public authorities on the regularisation and upgrading of informal settlements and segregation prevention. Previously I was part of the team that developed Romania's first National Urban Policy. Show less



Institute of Development Studies

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Officer

  • Mar 2021 - Dec 2022

  I was part of a research team that looked at food inequality and sought to identify better policy pathways. One project looked at local policies and actions to prevent malnutrition in Brighton and Hove, while the other looked at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. My responsibilities included interviews, literature reviews, data analysis and writing, resulting in 2 published academic papers. I was part of a research team that looked at food inequality and sought to identify better policy pathways. One project looked at local policies and actions to prevent malnutrition in Brighton and Hove, while the other looked at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. My responsibilities included interviews, literature reviews, data analysis and writing, resulting in 2 published academic papers.



SFAT- intergenerational sustainability guide

• Co-founder and Researcher

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  The project mapped out elderly people's relationship to resources, their practices and behaviours that contribute to the sustainability agenda (even if the elderly in Romania are not included in environmentalist movements or discussions). Using qualitative research methods, we looked beyond material culture and understood the limits and opportunities of active ageing in Romania today, considering that one's relationship to resources and the environment is very much influenced by lifestyle, which in turn is constructed by the process of ageing and the institutions and policies that shape this stage in life. I initiated this project and was responsible for its every stage, from raising funds, managing a team of 20 people, co-designing the methodology, researching, analysing and publishing findings. Show less



UN Women

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  For 6 months I supported the UN Women evaluation process carrying out country and programme evaluations across the Asia and the Pacific region. For 6 months I supported the UN Women evaluation process carrying out country and programme evaluations across the Asia and the Pacific region.



EY

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

  Intern in Government and Public Sector Advisory Intern in Government and Public Sector Advisory


Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms
• Japan
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Intern

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

Government of Romania
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Intern

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2016


Grameen Foundation

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Intern

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Analysis of Grameen's financial and social products, interviews in rural areas Analysis of Grameen's financial and social products, interviews in rural areas


Ifri - Institut français des relations internationales
• France
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2015