Is she over 50 years old?
Romania is now a Democracy and a NATO member. It was part of the Soviet block of countries until 1989. So, it’s been free for 35 years. If she came as a child, she wouldn’t have remembered it. If she was a teen or adult she might claim that but it’s unlikely that someone who’s been here for decades would still refer to themselves as a refugee. And, in that case she’d be around 50 or older.