Category design advisor, creative strategist, interdisciplinary GTM consultant.
Concept-centric people person.
Hyperlexic.
Matriot.
Declaration of Principles
I practice something I call #whereveryougomakeitbetter: applying my skills and vital force towards the greater good, wherever, however, and any time I can. My friend Shamala —who does tremendous work through Hanai, a startup she founded to connect women everywhere to health services accessible in their geography—calls this amplifying. May we always.
Ongoing Initiatives
FOUNDATION
Droom Boon
Droom Boon is an NGO I started in 2011 to activate and support sole project initiators.
In other words, I help good people draft, plan, and execute their charity projects with 0% overhead.
Droom Boon is small, entirely volunteer-operated, and aims to complete at least one project a year. So far, we've:
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renovated an orphanage in Cambodia
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provided vital medicine to pediatric cancer patients in the Republic of Moldova
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built a library in the only village school in Ataco, El Salvador
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+ other, smaller, projects.
ART SUPPORT
Darvag / Center Stage
I'm the on-call writer and grant assistant for Darvag and Center Stage, two arts & theater foundations operating in the Bay Area to support and maintain a safe creative space for the Iranian and Assyrian refugee diaspora.
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wrote 2 successful grants
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designed 3 new partnerships, including a long-term engagement with SCSF
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scoped and created framework for new revenue stream.
SOCIAL BETTERMENT & HUMAN RIGHTS
#VinereapeViu (talk show host)
#VinereapeViu is a weekly, live, Romanian-language talk show I produce and host single-handedly to raise awareness on polarized items of interest: race, gender, religion, political orientation, sexual orientation, human rights, mental health, women's rights, environment, etc. (original posts on fb, like here; copied playlist here)
Ask a woman (founder)
Ask a woman is an international, closed, group of support for professional women willing to pool resources to support each other's individual projects.
Collaborations
Member and active collaborator for a variety of interest groups in Romania, the US, and abroad supporting neurodiversity awareness, reproductive rights, LGBTQI+ rights, and Rroma rights. Recurrent projects with Crestem oameni (Md), Asociatia Bunul Samaritean (Ro), and Self Help Hunger Program (Oakland, CA).
Skills to share
Content Strategy Fundraising Writing Branding
Campaign Management Social Media Community building