Education
In 1997 she graduated the Faculty of Philology and History of the University of Craiova (Romanian-Italian language specialization).
In 1997 she graduated the Faculty of Philology and History of the University of Craiova (Romanian-Italian language specialization).
Vasilescu states that she became a nationalist after her scholarship in Italy. Three years later, Vasilescu was appointed as the Youth Organization of Greater Romania Party. She was the spokesperson of the same party between 2000-2004.
In 2006 Vasilescu was invited by George Becali to become the national vice-president of New Generation Party, but she declined the offer.
In December 2007, while being the president of the Education Commission from the Chamber of Deputies, Vasilescu left the Greater Romania Party after being defamed in the newspaper Tricolorul, owned by Corneliu Vadim Tudor. She joined Social Democratic Party, being convinced to make this move by its leader Mircea Geoană.
In June 2012 she was elected the mayor of Craiova, becoming the first female acting as the mayor of a county capital in Romanian history. She gained 45.6% of the votes, surpassing Antonie Solomon who gained 40.1%.
In March 2013 she was elected as the President of the Craiova Organization of Social Democratic Party. On 20 April 2013 she was elected one of the co-presidents of the Women"s Organization of Social Democratic Party (together with Ecaterina Andronescu, Corina Crețu, Gabriela Firea and Rovana Plumb).
In 1991 she became a founding member of the Greater Romania Party.
As a result of the Romanian general election from 26 November 2000 she became a member of the Chamber of Deputies, being at 26 years old the youngest elected person to hold this position until that time. She was re-elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies at the 2004 Romanian general election, when she was the top candidate on the party-list of the Greater Romania Party for Dolj County. Between 2008 and 2012 she was a member of the Senate, being elected at the 2008 Romanian legislative election with 62.9% of the votes in the Cetate – Filiași single-member district (the highest score for a female Member of Parliament), surpassing Eugen Georgescu (PDL) – 22.5% and Viorel Călin (PNL) - 9.4%.