All my vulnerabilities, my fears, my profound thoughts and my dreams can be seen in my creations.

It’s hard for me to talk about myself from the outside. I am quite modest and shy and I generally find it hard to talk about myself. I wrote a lot of things but…

I was supported by my family and raised by them in a loving manner …. Heritage matters. Looking back, I understand more why I made those decisions. What I learned in this journey is that life is showing us in infinite ways that we are our own masters. We all have a past and we all have choices, it is up to us to transform them into opportunities.

Anca is a special woman. She is a successful entrepreneur, running two different businesses, a writer and a happy person. She spends her life between Bucharest and the Canary Islands — “isla de mi corazon” — as she calls it, between running the businesses and writing books. She must be very busy and yet, when you look at her Instagram page, it looks like she is in a permanent vacation…

Mara, what is success for you?

I've been thinking about your question for the last few days because I grew up in an environment where success meant a fancy job, a lot of money, a house and a car and… I didn't get these things. However, for me, success means doing …