Anastasia Puschkarewa has been implementing various non-formal educational, sociocultural and exchange projects between Eastern and Western Europe since 2007. Since 2020, she has been working for CISR e.V. and coordinating civil society projects to support, train and network urban initiatives, activists, artists and media makers, supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, the EU Erasmus+ programme, the European Solidarity Corps, the Foundation EVZ, etc.
She studied German Language and Literature at the Pedagogical University in Omsk, Russia. Her interdisciplinary Master's degree in East-West Studies was obtained at the University of Regensburg, including an internship at the DRA e.V. in Berlin. Through academic and practical experiences, she explored topics such as European integration, civil society and political cultures, as well as intercultural relations in Central, (South)Eastern, and Western Europe.