Mihaela S. Hegstrom was born in Bucharest, Romania. She got her degree in mechanical engineering and a teaching certificate from the Technical University for Civil Engineers–Department of Mechanical Engineering in Bucharest. In 1979, her family moved to Chicago, where she later met and married Robert Hegstrom.
Mihaela worked as a substitute teacher at different high-schools from Chicago area. While working, She is the author of PRAISES IN THE STORM and THE MYSTERIES OF MY SOUL. She also wrote both of these books in the Romanian language, these original versions LAUDE IN FURTUNA and TAINELE SUFLETULUI MEU published in Romania. She and her husband have two grown-up children and currently live in Chicago.
