Team and Leadership

Ruxandra has 10+ years of experience in school leadership, she is a certified trainer and one of the top 30 School Leaders in the World. 

Florina is a Cluj native and graduate of Babes-Bolyai University with a double major in International Relations and Business Administration. After graduating from the Executive MBA programme at the University of Hull, she discovered a new passion for Innovation in the service processes. 

Raluca is a strategic marketing professional with 17+ years of experience in various industries and types of organisations – corporate, mid-size and startups. She’s passionate about education and its power to change the world. She’s an enthusiastic people person and aims to add value to the whole Spark community.

Iulia has 20 years of experience in team management and is a skilled Global Education Program and Curriculum Design specialist.

Alex has a background in Law and Business Development. His passion for people and the community is surpassed only by the desire to help others better themselves through education.

Catrinel brings to the team perspective and the ability to adapt to the challenges of the international teaching recruitment market. She manages the Human Resources process, from staffing to induction and performance review process. 

Eva is an agile curriculum designer who strives for student and educator empowerment through the creation and delivery of clear and accessible resources that focus on authentic, relevant, and sustainable skills.
Her mission is to make coaching accessible, to serve, and to champion coachees globally and bring clarity and awareness to their values and strengths to help them navigate self-doubt and emerge more confident and comfortable on their journeys.

A results-oriented professional and a powerful critical thinker with a growth mindset and a value-driven leadership style. My “keep it in the pocket” philosophy and the anchor I always turn to is the Shoshin concept in Zen philosophy, which translates to “beginner’s mind”, which reflects openness and curiosity towards what’s new. By Being part of the Spark community, I put my abilities and experience in the service of one of the areas that interests me the most and that I am very keen on – education (both in children and adults).

Raisa is an enthusiastic communication specialist who feels inspired by people’s stories. The education field feels like the ideal place to develop herself, where creativity perfectly combines in marketing campaigns.

With a passion for writing & an undying love for creativity, Szilvia is part of the creative side of Spark. She has a diverse background in Journalism, Advertising, and Sales, and she is no stranger to international experiences. She has the ability to transform words into a story, and stories into emotions. She is the person behind lots of the writing you see on the Spark channels, and she is always eager to hear your Spark story.

Emilia finds happiness in being creative and strives to learn how to be so in as many mediums as possible. She is enthusiastic about new approaches to education, as she learned and is improving most of the skills she uses daily through non-formal educational ways.

He is trustworthy, with strong analytical and problem solving skills, self motivated and able to take initiative and multitasking, with effective attention to details and high degree of accuracy.

I like working with people and trying to solve problems, relaxed and sociable, ready to give a helping hand when needed.

Gabriel is a Ph.D. candidate at Babes-Bolyai University, former Youth Delegate of Romania at the UN, a trainee at the Council of the European Union, and advisor in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies. He is passionate about history, diplomacy, and superior studies and is here to help students achieve their dreams.

With a passion for sharing information and designing trainings, I am looking forward to find new ways to build knowledge in the most simplest ways.

She describes herself as a communicative and creative thinker, always guided by a knack for critical analysis. In Spark, she is crafting dynamic online learning experiences.

Passionate historian with a bachelor in History and a strong background in leadership and communication. Experienced Teaching Assistant at Babeș-Bolyai University, specializing in the analysis of Romanian Foreign Policy. Skilled in digital learning and change management, with a track record of driving organisational transformation.

Alina is a true enthusiast for organising, being solution-oriented. With a background in customer care, she brings her passion into helping the future generations by contributing to the improvement of educational systems.

Growing with innovative solutions in today’s competitive business, economical and social environment.

Her goal is to have the opportunity to continue helping people develop themselves, as well as herself. Working in HR in a big company has opened many doors for my skills and aptitudes, seeing the many faces of this complex domain. As her one true love is the power of education, she’s always looking for opportunities to apply all that she knows to make it better.

She has a background in Law, International Relations and Communication and six years of teaching at an afterschool in Cluj. She is known for meticulous attention to detail in diverse tasks, streamlining workflows and maintaining clear and professional communication. For the love of education, she’s eager to discover students’ sparks.