Conversations with the Inspiring Diana Nica

Today we’d like to introduce you to Diana Nica.

So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
This story might be a little too long, but this is my story and I hope you have the patience to go through it.
I was born in Romania and lived there for 27 years. One day, I decided to change my job, I wasn’t happy with what I was doing, so I applied for a flight attendant job. I had no experience as a flight attendant and I thought I’ll never get the job, especially because the company was based in the United Arab Emirates. But I tried my luck and surprisingly I passed the interview. A few months later, it was time for me to leave my family, my friends, my country and join this airline that I knew very little about. Leaving Romania was my first flight ever, I haven’t been on a plane until the day I had to fly to Abu Dhabi. I knew deep in my heart that I’ll be ok and that is what I was meant to do.

In October 2009 is when I joined the airline and I got to travel all over the world, I got to meet so many amazing people, so many different nationalities and I got to visit places that I’ve never dreamt of. I was a flight attendant for five years and a half and that was the most beautiful time in my life. I met my husband on one of my flights and eventually we got married. He is born and raised in the States but used to work overseas. Before getting married we bought a house in Arizona that we didn’t live in for almost three years since we were both overseas. After I turned 30 years old I had this desperate wish of having a baby, becoming a mom. I felt incomplete and that’s when we started trying for a baby. In March 2015 that wish came true, I was finally pregnant. The airline that I was working for at that time grounded me, I was not allowed to fly anymore, and that’s when I decided to resign my job and move to the States. I went multiple times to see my doctor in Abu Dhabi and made sure my pregnancy was ok and I was ok to fly. I got my clearance, my baby had a heartbeat and in May I moved countries once again, I left the friends I’ve made there and came to Arizona where we bought our house.

At the time, my husband was still overseas, I only knew his mom, she was my only friend and relative. A few days later after my arrival, I went for a doctor checkup and that’s when my whole world crashed. I was 11 weeks pregnant at the time and my baby had no heartbeat. I was told that I had a missed miscarriage, I had no bleeding, no symptoms that could’ve indicated that I lost my pregnancy. I couldn’t realize what happened, I was in shock. If any of you went through a miscarriage, then you know how it feels, it’s heartbreaking. I wasn’t prepared for that, I never thought that it could happen to me. I was so mad because my body didn’t let me know something was wrong, I felt like if I knew I could’ve done something to prevent that loss. I cried for days, I felt so lonely and depressed, I had no friends or family close by, they were so far from where I was. Ok, I don’t want this story to get too sad. Anyway, I had to get my hopes together and tell myself that next time will be a baby and everything is going to be ok. Moving forward to 2016, I got pregnant again and at around 11 weeks is when I went for a doctor checkup with the same doctor I had with my first pregnancy. Believe it or not, the world around me crashed again, I had another missed miscarriage. I couldn’t believe that I was living that nightmare all over again. Life hit me hard one more time and that’s when I asked the doctor to do some testing so we can find out what was wrong with my baby or myself. This particular doctor didn’t seem like she wanted to help me and I had to find another doctor. I don’t wanna get into too much detail, the story is getting too long already :D.

In January 2017, I got pregnant for the 3rd time and that’s when my anxiety kicked in really hard, I was afraid that I might lose the pregnancy again. Thank God that everything went well and in October I gave birth to our rainbow baby boy, Alexander! That was the happiest day in my life, my dream of becoming a mom came true. That was all I needed and it was worth waiting for.

Throughout all those years of sorrow and loneliness, which gave me hope and made me move forward was watching other people’s life experiences on YouTube. I’ve watched other moms sharing their experiences during pregnancy and helped me prepare for my baby. When my baby was around seven months old, I decided to start my own YouTube channel, it was one of the biggest challenges of my life. I am a very shy person and putting myself out there was something that I was afraid of. I had all these questions in my head, what if people won’t like me, what if I am not good enough, where do I start from? I had no editing skills, I knew nothing about how to make YouTube videos. What motivated me at the time and it still does is my son. I wanted to document my son’s life growing up, I didn’t want to miss a moment from his life, I wanted to look back one day and see how much he changed. It took me so long to grow my channel, it’s still a very small channel, but for me is a huge accomplishment. I work so hard to film and edit my videos, but I enjoy it so much. I didn’t know I have a passion for making videos until a year ago, I love what I am doing and I hope to inspire other moms/people through my videos. Or just to make someone’s day a little better. I still have a long way to go and a lot to learn, but I am glad that I took this challenge.

Has it been a smooth road?
It was a very rough road for me. I had a lot of ups and downs that brought me where I am today and I wouldn’t change a thing. I have the most precious thing in my life, which is my son.

Life has its weird ways of making us the person we are today, trust yourself and don’t lose hope no matter how hard it gets sometimes. Praying helped me a lot get through all the challenges I had to deal with.

Please tell us more about what you do, what you are currently focused on and most proud of.
I have my own YouTube channel where I make a lot of vlogs. I document our lives as a family, besides motherhood videos. I do pretty much everything :). I am proud of myself that I got to push my limits and not be afraid of putting myself out there in front of so many people. I think my personality and my accent is what sets me apart from others. I try to be myself in most of my videos and not copy other people.

What do you feel are the biggest barriers today to female leadership, in your industry or generally?
Being confident and talk in front of a camera. And trust in your own person, we all have some self-doubt that prevents us from chasing our dreams.

Being treated equally is another barrier. It’s important for women to go for what they want and not give up.

Contact Info:

• Email: diananova1914@gmail.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diananova19/
• Other: http://www.youtube.com/c/DianaNova

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