Anastasia earned her MFA in Textiles at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011, and BFA in Jewelry Metal Arts at the California College of the Arts in 2005. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Appalachian Center for Craft and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Residing by a coastal cove in Rhode Island, her artwork is reflective of her daily serenity and connection to Nature. She travels the globe teaching imaginative textile and jewelry workshops. Presently she is developing a jewelry collection with Mayan Hands in Guatemala.