Theme: BREAK THE PATTERNS!

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Ateneu Bacau
razboieni 22
Bacau, Bacău, 600032
Romania

Alina Ursu

Teacher

Alina Ursu prides herself with being of romani ethnic origin. She accepted to be the first romani woman in the country to talk at a TEDx event. It comes a moment in the life of any woman when her existence is defined by her creation, and I am not talking about that great report you've been working on for months...I'm talking about your baby. Mothers are the ones that give shape to our society. Has it ever occurred to you that our society is the result of the hard work of our mothers?

Andrei Andronachi

Magician

Andrei Andronachi is a young Moldovan with a passion for magic. From the first magic trick he learned from his grandfather, to climbing on stage, Andrei has come a long way. Until discover his own style, he tried almost all existing magic styles, from classic tricks that require attention and seriousness, to small stunts which arouse laughter. Andrei Andronachi managed to define a unique style in magic: fun and playful performances defined by magic, magical moments in which both he and the audience feel good, laugh, smile and forget about the hardships of tomorrow.

Bruno Icobet

Bruno is not a professional dog trainer and he does not make a living training dogs but with a lot of work and commitment, he became one of the few, if not the only discdogging professionals in Romania. After years of hard training, in 2013, together with his dogs Blue, Ozzie and J, three Border Collies, Bruno managed to win the 3rd edition of Romania's Got Talent with an impressive row of shows...a premiere for a show that is usually seen as a singing or dancing contest.

Florin Grozea

Florin Grozea is an artist, composer, TV presenter and online entrepreneur. Born in Brasov, Florin founded the Hi-Q band when he was only 16 years old and continued this beautiful musical tale for 18 years.After stopping this project, he launched an online media agency.

Ioan Strugariu

lawyer

Ioan is a lawyer who had discovered how he can he bring good in this world. He finished an ultramarathon of 181km from Radauti to Iasi, in order to support 350 orphans from Valea Plopului. In december last year he run 383 km between Cernauti si Chisinau (2 old romanian cities that now are no longer part of Romania), uniting for the first time in running the North of Bucovina with Basarabia through a ultramaraton whose purpose was to pay tribute to Romanian soldiers who died in WWI. Ioan is working in convincing the runners from Romania, not just to run, but always run for a cause, always run doing doing good for others.

Loredana Dinu

Fencer

Loredana Dinu was born on April 2, 1984, in Craiova, Romania. She started practicing fencing when she was just 11 years-old. Four years later, she was a finalist of the National Fencing Championship in which she got a silver medal. "Fencing became more than a passion for me, it became my lifestyle." In 2016, after hard work and perseverance, Loredana became a Fencing Olympic Champion at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She is double world champion (2010 and 2011) and quadruple European champion (2006, 2008, 2011 and 2015). Sports can teach children things like discipline, commitment, and sacrifice...in life that's what makes the difference between quality and second-hand work.

Paul Katz

Born and raised in North America, Paul Katz has spent the past 20 years trying to better the lives of children and young people in Romania. His passion has brought him into the homes of hundreds of the poorest families in Bacau, bringing material aid, discovering their needs and challenges, listening to their stories and offering a word of encouragement, counsel or prayer.

Silvia Ghergut

Vegans are quite rare in Romania, and Silvia is maybe the first one in Bacau to bring this concept of fresh, bio, vegan sweets, as well as the concept of sustainable living.

Stefan Amarandei

Stefan started traveling from an early age, first in Romania and then in Europe. In 2009, he managed to see for the first time, Africa. That was the beginning of his true adventure around the globe. In 2011, with the help of 2 friends, and an Aro car, they all did a total of 17.500km in the Sahara desert, all the way to Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania. Then, in 2014, with Iulian Ciobănașu and Tudor Poșa, and the same Aro car, he started the "4 Romanians in Siberia" expedition, a long and dangerous trip crossing Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Turkey.

Valentin Salageanu

Valentin Salageanu is developing and implementing the Romanian Forest Campaign that tackles issues ranging from illegal logging to sustainable forest management.