About me

Hi, 

Thank you for checking this page. 

• My name is Cristina. 

• I was born during a very oppressive communist regime some... a few decades ago. 

• I am the seventh daughter and the tenth (or eleventh - it depends) - penultimate - child of an old-fashioned Romanian family. 

• When I was eight I read Les Miserable by Victor Hugo and knew right away what I wanted to be when I grew up: a writer. It was a dream really. Impossible for me back then. There. 

• From 2000 to 2010 I lived in Italy - various cities across gorgeous and sunny Italy. 

• From June 2014 to January 2019 I lived in Exeter/Devon. 

I moved to England with no expectations at all, yet, here my dream - the dream I thought I had no right to dream - came true. 

• In 2016 I self-published my first memoir called: Oranges at Christmas in a Communist Country. 

• Between 2016 and 2019 I've written and published 37 books - in English and Romanian - that you can find everywhere (online) in both formats: electronic and paperback. 

What genre? 

Good question. 

Many. I am an eclectic writer. 

• In January 2019, I decided to go home to take care of my octogenarian mother. Because my parents' house - built from mud bricks a long time ago - was falling apart, in two months I built a house for her, with running water and a shower room. 

Why do I highlight these two things that are given to all of you? 

Because nothing was given to us. 

If you're interested in this story, which is nothing less than extraordinary, you can read it here (click). 

• In December 2019 I decided to become a professional live-in carer for the elderly in England or UK. 

Applied for a role with a caring company right away and I was lucky enough to be offered a virtual interview. 
Loved the company's principles and they liked me, so here I am. 
Moved back here on the 30th. 
Started my training a couple of hours after getting off my flight, while people were getting ready for the New Year celebrations. 

• On the 1st (or was it the 2nd?!) of January 2020, I met my first 'client'. 

I've been a carer since and I love it. 

My days are never the same, but even if they were, it wouldn't bother me. I am never bored. 

I am based in Oxfordshire now - December 2020. 

That's about me, for now. 

More to come, if you're interested. 
I love writing about myself. Funny enough, I am quite a shy person. 

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But no one would say that about me. 

I like writing about myself because I am my favourite subject of study. A guinea pig. 

Here is what I like and my CV. 

Thank you for reading.