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Iași, I also worked as an Associate Professor at the Foreign Languages Depart-
ment for the Polytechnic University ''Gh. Asachi".

I have fled Romania to escape communism, the plague that ruined
millions of lives. Abroad, I let the free world know the truth about the dictator-
ship that brought only pain and mourn to Romania, a proud country with his-
tory, culture, and civilization of over 2000 years old. I lived for more than 18
months in a refugee camp in Austria. There, I met Mother Theresa. Maybe
you don't know who she was? I encourage you to look it up and find details
about her life dedicated to helping people and not only. About sacrifice and
love. About humanity.

Once we got in The United States, I, my husband, and our son, started
the process of getting familiar to the new world. Both my husband and I worked
and continued our studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA and at
National Graduates Institute of Vermont, where we got our doctoral degrees. It
wasn't easy. A new society, new laws, unique experiences and memories.
We have settled in Atlanta, USA, but we didn't forget our origins. I
took every chance I had to show the world that Romania and Romanians de-
serve another fate, not the silence and untruth that were presented to the world.
I was invited by the CNN news station to translate live the Romanian Revolu-
tion in 1989.

After a while, thanks to my professional training and my students' ac-
complishments, I have been awarded the title of Professor of the Year and
Excellence Professor on the State of Georgia. I also had the blessing to be
chosen the Olympic Envoy for the Romanian team at the 1996 Centennial
Olympics, while also teaching online classes, as a Consultant Professor at the