Anastasia has a Master of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from The University of Memphis, with a concentration in photography and sculpture. Her photography has been shown at Jack Robinson Gallery, and she has collaborated on architectural installations at The Medicine Factory, The Art Museum at the University of Memphis, The Ewing Gallery, College of Architecture and Design at the University of TN, Knoxville, and the RISD Museum.

Anastasia has twenty-five years of experience working in the fields of art and architecture (and in-between) with Friedrich St.Florian Architects, Oblique Studio, KPF, Richard Fleischner Studio, and buildingstudio. Most recently, Anastasia was a critic, and coordinator, in the core undergraduate architecture studios at RISD. She has taught students the design and construction of small-scale, affordable housing at Yestermorrow Design/Build School, and architectural design at Roger Williams University.