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Ionut Stan has been born as member of the Roma community within Romania. As one of the few Roma people who went to university, he encountered a lot of straightforward discrimination against Roma people by Romanians. Public housing, equal chances to get a job and access to health care are still main problems for many Roma people. With local projects, Ionut Stan tries to increase the level of integration and cooperation between Roma and Romanian people, thereby defending the human rights of Roma community.