Cristina Boboacă, known to audiences by her stage name Teresa Tina, was born in the village of Roșiile, Vâlcea County, Romania — the same place where the singer Maria Ciobanu grew up.
Drawn to Romanian folk music since childhood, by the age of 14 she was already singing alongside the village musicians. At 18 she moved to Bucharest, where her artistic career was covered by the press, radio and television, under the guidance of her teacher Ana Piuaru.
After a divorce, she discovered the life story of Teresa Teng, the most beloved voice in Asia, and began studying Asian culture, the Chinese language and the Oriental repertoire, singing pop music in Chinese and Japanese.
Trained as a psychotherapist, astrologer and writer, Teresa Tina writes novels inspired by true stories — about love, trauma, emotional dependency, hope and healing — while building cultural bridges between Romania and Asia.