Liuba Maxim is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Moldovan Service based in Chisinau who focuses on educational issues. She joined RFE/RL in July 2022.
Maria Stoian is the only female Romany student in the history of Pushkin High School in the Moldovan city of Soroca to reach the final year. Many Romany girls drop out of school to marry. Stoian says she wants to become a lawyer and fight for Romany rights.