Luca Tomescu has never waited for anyone to make him feel at home in a new place. That’s a product of his outgoing and ambitious personality and his early history.
Born in Romania, Tomescu moved seven times as a young boy, including to America’s West Coast, the Midwest, and to Houston. “I think through that experience, I learned that it’s really up to you to create your own sense of community. It’s up to you to make a place feel like home.”
His nature as a joiner was evident in high school, and when he arrived at The University of Texas at Austin, he was not just a joiner but a founder. One of our outstanding graduates from the 2020 class, Tomescu led an audacious effort to establish a TEDx program at UT in just the second semester of his freshman year. TEDx conferences are independent events with the look and feel of the enormously popular TED Talks. These can be organized by any group that obtains a free license from TED and agrees to TED Foundation principles.
