[1] She is a public policy scholar at Harvard Kennedy School[2] and runs a Romanian NGO "Pur și Simplu Verde" [3] that supports local governments in their efforts to transition to a greener economy.

[6] Taking a two-year leave from teaching, she was named in the second half of 2013 a state counselor for economic affairs by Romanian prime-minister Victor Ponta.

[10] She cut the Social Security Tax paid by employers by 5pp to stimulate the business sector during the recovery from the Financial Crisis.

[18] She left the party in 2020 [19] to create a non-profit organization, called Pur si Simplu Verde, with the under-secretary general of UN, Robert Orr and former finance and environment minister of Greece, George Papaconstantinou.

[21] In 2022, she was named European Climate Pact Ambassador and in this position, she promotes the use of renewable energy and green transportation at the local level in Romania.