Mario Morariu’s pathway to the trades began with him actually being encouraged not to go into the trades.
His parents, Romanian immigrants, pushed for Morariu to go to college and seek out an alternative career. His father, Cornel, had been a plumber in Romania where he had started by carrying all tools and materials via bicycle before making the move to the United States, settling in Portland, Oregon, and founding Cornel’s Plumbing, Heating & Air. Morariu was only 3 when his family made the move.“My father had done it for so long, and I just wanted to do something in finance
