Andre Birleanu

Birleanu was born of Romanian and Russian parents. He is the only child of Vladimir Birleanu, a Russian diplomat, and Carmen Bîrleanu, a Romanian diplomat. Birleanu was born in the Soviet Union, Moscow, but soon after moved and mainly was raised by his father with whom he traveled most of his life, as he was a diplomat under the soviet diplomatic corp. His father is a doctor and professor in International Criminal Law and his mother, who is deceased, worked for the United Nations in New York, USA. Birleanu arrived in New York in 1996, invited by his mother in search of a new life and education. He attended John Jay Criminal Justice Academy. He is fluent in English, Romanian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and still struggling with his native Russian as depicted on America's Most Smartest Model.