Romanians abroad: From a small Romanian town to Harvard and to helping people immigrate to the US
Born and raised in one of Romania's poorest counties, Lavinia Teodorescu is now living "the American dream" as a student at Harvard. And when she is not studying or dancing, she is working with the Immigrants Like Us team, helping people…
Irina Marica · Journalist
· Updated · 9 min read

Born and raised in one of Romania's poorest counties, Lavinia Teodorescu is now living "the American dream" as a student at Harvard. And when she is not studying or dancing, she is working with the Immigrants Like Us team, helping people from around the world with the lengthy and complicated process of immigrating to the US.
Lavinia Teodorescu, 20, was born and raised in Rosiori de Vede, a small city in Teleorman - one of Romania's poorest counties. She was 13 when she moved to the big city - Bucharest. Years later, she got to discover even more of the world, as she was accepted to Harvard, one of the best universities in the US. And now she is helping other people immigrate to the United States of America, together with the team from Immigrants Like Us.


