Date and place of birth:
31 March 1971, Kamienna Góra.
Current place of residence:
Kamienna Góra.
Education:
Higher.
Current job:
Member of the Joint Commission of the Government and the National and Ethnic. Minorities, Co-chairman of the Department for Romani Issues of the Ministry of Administration and Digitization, President of the Roma school assistant Association in Poland, Roma school assistant, the head of an afternoon club for children.
Achievements in life and work:
Completion of a tertiary education – I am a sociologist and psycho-sociologist, pedagogue; received M.A. in General Pedagogy.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
Yes, I am although I always set myself new targets.
What are your plans for the future?
I would like to build my own house.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
“Let us hurry up to love people. They go away so quickly”.
Date and place of birth:
15 September 1955, Gniezno.
Current place of residence:
Zawada/Guben.
Education:
Secondary.
Current job:
Musician.
Achievements in life and work:
An album recorded with Titi Winterstein Quintet in 1987, awarded the first prize in the “Jazz Folk” competition in New York. The winner of the International Festival of Romani Music and Culture in Ciechocinek in 1997. Gave a musical performance at the “Spodek” concert hall in Katowice in 2006; staging various concerts as “Vanessa & Sorba”. Performance on TV.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
Yes, I am. I am doing what I love.
What are your plans for the future?
I would like to record more albums with my music. I would also like to start painting.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
The most important in life is a goal you can pursue and dogged persistency to achieve it.
Date and place of birth:
24 June 1988, Bad Kreuznach (Germany).
Current place of residence:
Zawada.
Education:
Higher.
Current job:
Musician, student.
Achievements in life and work:
The third place at the Violin Competition in Potsdam in 2000. The finalist of the programme “Got Talent” in 2009. My beloved daughter.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
I am still not.
What are your plans for the future?
I want to get better and achieve international success as a musician. I also want to complete my studies and build a house.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
You can rely only on yourself.
Date and place of birth:
01 July 1973, Słubice.
Current place of residence:
Słubice.
Education:
Higher.
Current job:
Businessman.
Achievements in life and work:
My enterprise and its development. Graduation from Zielona Góra University of Technology – Town and Commune Infrastructure Management. My family: my wife and two children.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
Yes, I am.
What are your plans for the future?
I want to see my business thrive. I will also strive to secure the financial future of my children because I want them to have an opportunity to pursue their dreams.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
Everything goes by while family remain.
Date and place of birth:
02 November 1985, Słubice.
Current place of residence:
Słubice.
Education:
Higher.
Current job:
Musician, businessman.
Achievements in life and work:
Graduated from the Music Academy in Gdańsk; performed in Mariacki Basilica for the Pope John Paul II. Gave various concerts as a soloist in the Bydgoszcz Orchestra. My own construction company.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
Yes, I am.
What are your plans for the future?
I am trying to seize the day. I am not dwelling about the future.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
be a decent man. I am dreaming about meeting Robi Lakatosem in person.
Date and place of birth:
13 January 1983, Słubice.
Current place of residence:
Słubice.
Education:
Higher.
Current job:
The owner of a general store.
Achievements in life and work:
Obtained M.A. at the University of Zielona Góra – artistic education. My own business, a shop in Słubice.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
Yes, I am definitely!
What are your plans for the future?
I want to expand my own business, in accordance with my father’s wishes; children. I would love to have an opportunity to detach from reality and go for holidays.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
Be human and do not change your personality.
Date and place of birth:
01 July 1954, Lubań.
Current place of residence:
Radom.
Education:
Secondary.
Current job:
Social activist, member of the Association “Romano Waśt”.
Achievements in life and work:
My social work; winning round the local Roma community and looking after their occupational development.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
Yes, I am.
What are your plans for the future?
I would like to open “Romano Kher (Gypsy House)- Culture and Education” – the Romani centre I have been trying to create for 7 years.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
Help people – kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
Date and place of birth:
18 December 1987, Wrocław.
Current place of residence:
Strzelin.
Education:
Higher.
Current job:
The owner of a clothing boutique.
Achievements in life and work:
Completion of my studies; my own business activity.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
Yes, I am.
What are your plans for the future?
I want to expand my business and make my brand more popular and recognizable in the town.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
I have no wishes. Everything seems to move in my favour at the moment. I suppose it cannot be better.
Date and place of birth:
31 October 1965, Strzelin.
Current place of residence:
Strzelin.
Education:
Primary.
Current job:
Businessman.
Achievements in life and work:
My own company and providing employment opportunities to Romanis and Poles. My family: my wife, children and grandchildren.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
Yes, I am at the moment.
What are your plans for the future?
I will spare no efforts in helping children have better life.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
I have no wishes. Everything seems to move in my favour!
Date and place of birth:
13 October 1981, Kraków.
Current place of residence:
Kraków.
Education:
Higher.
Current job:
Nurse.
Achievements in life and work:
My son. I am the only Roma woman working as a nurse. I would like to gain respect of my community.
Are you living your life the way you have always wanted to?
I think I am.
What are your plans for the future?
I would like to grow personally and professionally I also want to help ameliorate the situation of my own community.
Life motto, credo, dreams…
Believe in yourself and never give up.