I’ve worn many hats in my life, starting with being an athlete from the young age of 7. I started my journey with two years of gymnastics, but afterward settled into what would become and stay my lifetime passion: track and field. I specialized in the high jump, and although I only started practicing it at the age of 11, by 12 I had become regional champion. I won multiple youths national championships and was even part of Romania’s National Youth Team before graduating high school and attending the National University of Physical Education and Sport in Bucharest, guided by the passion to move into coaching.