 When she was ten, her elder brother Marius, who played football for a school team of CSA Steaua București, took her to his club's fencing hall in Ghencea.She did not care much for the idea at first, as she was not a fan of "The Three Musketeers", but she was attracted to the sport as soon as she set foot in the fencing hall.She turned to épée because there was no other left-handed weapon available in the club when she began training.