Essays and opinion articles on youth leadership, education, sport, media literacy, digital citizenship, mental health, inclusion and social impact.
Op-eds and essays I write on youth leadership, education, sport and social impact - meant to be read, questioned and shared.
Every piece I write is published in full here, in English and Romanian.
Aseară am privit-o urcând pe treapta a doua a podiumului. Lumea a văzut o fată care a luat argintul. Eu am văzut o fată care și-a câștigat dreptul de a fi acolo. Un omagiu pentru Amalia Lică - vicecampioană mondială la 17 ani - de la un tânăr sportiv la altul.
Every young person in Europe has heard it - you are the future. Listen again and you hear what is really being said: not yet. My third piece as a United Citizens of Europe Local Ambassador, on youth, power and what real participation would actually look like.
At 17 I was nominated for the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. What a nomination actually is, what it is not, who the Tällberg Foundation are, and why being considered matters more at this stage than winning.
For seventy-nine minutes, Egypt had the world champions on the ropes. A 2026 World Cup essay on why money builds better football, but meaning builds better competitors - and what youth sport must protect. My second piece as a United Citizens of Europe Local Ambassador.
Europe has one of its most powerful tools for adolescent mental health and belonging - sport - and leaves it on the bench for the young people who need it most. My first piece as a United Citizens of Europe Local Ambassador.
I pulled the official numbers - and they show that private-school students are effectively shut out of FLEX.
How it felt when a programme that says it wants young people rejected me before the decision was even made public.
Why I believe where a child is born decides their chances far more than what they can actually do.
My direct message to parents who load their own unfinished ambitions onto their children.
My call to the adults who praise young people in public and hold them back in practice.
What 11 years in one school taught me - beyond grades and curricula.
Why I think Romania didn't lose Alexia - it drove her away, while the country shrugged.
My statement of who I am, where I'm going and why I believe in it.
Why I'm done pretending we take young athletes' mental health seriously.
How I've seen access and connections quietly replace merit in youth sport.
My wake-up call on how much of childhood we now hand to a screen.
The idea behind much of what I write: talent is common, opportunity is not.
What I've learned about injured athletes left without support - and what really ends careers.
Why I think we build performance while neglecting the person behind it.
Why we're not lazy - we're exhausted - and how sport could help, if we let it.
Why banning minors from social media doesn't solve the problem - it just pushes it where no adult can see it. My case for real digital education.
My guide, as a teenager, to better emotional health through sport.
My op-ed on teenagers, self-image and the pressure of how we see ourselves.
Sometimes I'm invited to share my view, and my pieces get picked up by the press. These materials belong to their publishers, so I reference them with a short note and a link to the original.
BusinessLounge picked up my open letter on talent leaving Romania and built an article around it, quoting my message.
Romanian Television (TVR) covered the debate on banning minors from social media and featured my view that my generation lives online and that bans only push the problem out of sight.
A second TVR report gathered teenagers' views on the proposed social-media ban, including my argument that the measure protects no one and that young people should be part of the decision.
An in-depth English interview for the Wholesome blog, where I talk about representing the UNICEF Romania Children's Board, my favourite projects, youth mental health and how young people can get involved in advocacy.
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