She earlier served as State Secretary within the Ministry of Culture in the cabinet of Dacian Cioloș.
[1] In 1983, she graduated from the University of Bucharest's literature faculty, specializing in Romanian and English, which she taught for the next four years at a Făgăraș high school.
In France, she was for nine years the director of the European master's degree in Cultural management of the Business School in Dijon.
Under her leadership, RCI New York forged a space for intercultural dialogue, connecting Romanian arts and artists to the evolving international scene.
A critical review of cultural management education in Europe (Boekman Foundation, Amsterdam, 2006) and of numerous articles and studies.