Anastasia is a research management consultant and project manager, based in Cape Town, South Africa. She holds Bachelors, Honours and Masters Degrees in International Relations from Stellenbosch University, majoring in Political Science. During her tertiary education career, Anastasia developed a keen interest in social justice issues, particularly as it relates to issues of spatial inequality, access and participation in legislative processes at grassroots level. She has navigated her career on the basis of this social justice praxis through every position she has assumed, delivering products to the Parliament of South Africa, various national departments, local governments, private and international organisations. Anastasia is a skilled researcher (qualitative and quantitative methodologies), writer, project manager, analyst and strategist.