Biography
Award- Winning Associate Teaching Professor @FIU, Global Strategic Communications + Self-Leadership
Founder, Conscious Parent Accelerator Program
Senior Coach, NeuroMindfulness Institute
Author & Speaker
Faculty Ambassador & Facilitator, World Happiness Fest 2024 & 2023
Mihaela Plugarasu, M.S., is an award-winning teaching professor in the Global Strategic Communications master’s program at Florida International University. Plugarasu is an educator and practitioner with 20 years of communication, leadership and personal development experience. She is a dynamic facilitator, moderator and presenter on empowering topics related to social media, communication & leadership and conscious living. In addition to her work at FIU and with U.S.-based non-profits, she has led seminars and courses at the University of Palermo in Palermo, Italy and the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Prior to joining the faculty, Plugarasu served as the director of strategic initiatives & communications at FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, where she led all communications, including the school’s marketing, advertising, web and social media and public relations.
Plugarasu also works with diverse families and organizations in Miami teaching parents the basics of brain development in children and how to promote emotional safety in their families. She is the 1-st and only Certified Instructor in Florida to teach Parenting by Connection/ Hand in Hand Parenting.
Her signature program, The Conscious Parent Accelerator, brings self- awareness, trauma-integration, healing and transformation, to families all around the world.
Her first book is now available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1647396670
Mihaela is currently training under Dr. Gabor Mate in his trauma-based Compassionate Inquiry for Professionals Programs.
Mihaela's blog is a free source of information for parents, and anyone interested in personal development. She publishes a new article every weekend:
https://www.mihaelaplugarasu.com/category/conscious-parenting/