Camelia's Life

Camelia Neacsu was born to Petru and Ana Neacsu in Sibiu, where her family owned and operated a machine components manufacturing plant, Arstil Corporation. She has three brothers, and is the youngest. In order of age, her brothers are Vasile, Stefan, and Mihail. Stefan was killed during the war while Vasile joined the military. Vasile doesn't talk to his sister after her defection. Mihail took over the family business and revived it to its previous glory after the fall of communism. He is still close to Camelia.

She began studying social work and soon met Anton, they started dating soon after.

After their marriage, he began working with the Securitate while she finished school.

She graduated with a BA in Social Work. Shortly after she became pregnant.

Andrei Ion Lacustra was born in Bucharest, he would be their only child.

Due to the increasing tension within the country, Anton took his family to America, alienating them from their families. Camelia was skeptical but supportive during this period.

While Anton thawed attempts at his life and aided the US against Communist Romania, Camelia adjusted to US life, building a home for her family and taking care of Andrei.

While Anton worked towards his MBA, Camelia worked with a local organization as a counselor, aiding immigrants new to the US. She was very passionate about her work. Also, during this time, she took care of Andrei.

During the ten year period while Anton worked for JP Morgan, Camelia spent the majority of her time taking care of Andrei while working with various organizations for immigrants, children, and other causes.