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Stela Botan
'''Moldovan pop rock singer ''' Stela Botan was born on May 3d, 1988 in Orhei, Moldova. She is a public figure in the music industry of this country and is known so from the famous live show "Fabrica de Staruri" Stela performance. She was a finalist in this contest and is now well-recognized in the Republic of Moldova. Stela's style is rock to pop rock and she is the ex-vocalist of a famous rock band in Moldova TODO Stela with TODO. Among her activities are counted: the work at a national radio station Antena C, the work as a translator- interpreter at many national conferences, lyrics writer and singer. Stela Botan is at the moment known as a solo singer in Moldova. Her latest song Step Back has reached the hearts of many fans and has great success in the media. Stela worked at it with one of the best music producers and composers in Moldova, Andrei Tostogan Andrei Tostogan achievements. Local radio stations as Kiss FM, Hit FM, Radio 21 and others play Step Back regularly.

Stela Botan's childhood and teenage years
Stela was born to Ion and Ludmila Botan in a small town called Orhei. She has one sister, Silvia Botan and one brother, Viorel Botan. Stela's childhood was full of difficulties, as her family was poor and her father was addicted to alcohol. Nevertheless, Stela always had the dream to escape her family's reality, and at the age of sixteen she managed to get selected for the FLEX program, an exchange program to U.S.A. She left home with her heart full of hope. This experience changed her life completely. She lived in a small town in Illinois with host-parents Arthur and Elaine Breck and host-sister Rachel Breck. She studied in an American high school, made American friends. In other words, she has lived the American Dream. Stela had come back home a year later, finished high school in Orhei and started to study at the Free International University of Moldova in Chisinau. She majored in Foreign Languages and Communication Science.

Fabrica de Staruri
While in the second year, Stela went to the auditions for the first reality show in Moldova Fabrica de Staruri. She was selected among other 16 participants. The show lasted for three months in which Stela managed to gain the jury's sympathy with her unique style and voice. During the show she was selected by Alex Brashoven, the project's composer at that time, to sing one of his new songs. Stela wrote the lyrics to it. It was named "Climbing up" and as she says: "It is one of those songs where you listen to the lyrics and then to the music". She got to the final of this show and was awarded with a finalist's diploma. After that Stela Botan gained a lot of fans and admirers all over the country. She held concerts in a few major cities in Moldova.

Stela Botan in TODO
After Fabrica de Staruri, Stela was a wanted young "rock lady". She was many times compared to Avril Lavigne or Kelly Clarckson. Sorin Bucataru, one of the producers of TODO rock band approached Stela with a proposal to become the vocalist of this band. She agreed and they started to rehearse together. They had concerts for the fans in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, as well as in other cities of the country. They were the ambassador for the Dance for Life project in Moldova. Therefore Stela, along with her band, were many times involved in activities which included the fight against the infecion of HIV/AIDS among teenagers. Together, Stela Botan and TODO filmed a video for one of their songs Zombie Zombie. This song had great succes among the rock fans in Moldova.

Work
In her third year of University, Stela worked at the radio station Antena C, which is now Prime FM. She worked as an animator there, and many times interwied the national stars and had online shows. After she graduated, Stela left the radio job and went back to visit her host family in the United States. In 2010 Stela was hired as a translator-interpreter in the project "Preservation of the cultural heritage in Moldova". Later that year, a similar project named "Restoration of the historic towns in Moldova- Pilot-Project 2" hired Stela as a translator. Her working languages were Romanian and English, but she also speaks German and Russian. Stela Botan also worked as a volunteer in her community by encouraging people to vote, and also with some Peace Corps Volunteers in the "GLOW" Girls Leading our World seminars. In May, 2011 Stela went to Belgrade, Serbia to represent Moldova at the European Movement International Member's Council 2011. She spent time in the Serbian parliament among other young and old people from all over Europe.

Current activity
Stela Botan is now a student at the Moldovan State University. She is taking her M.A. Degree in American Studies, as she is fond of this country's culture and history. Stela is also working on new songs with Andrei Tostogan, one of the best Moldovan composers and her producer. --making it through 18:37, 24 June 2011 (UTC)