Anastasia Napalkova was born in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, graduating from Kuban State University with a degree in Journalism and from the Repin Art Academy with a degree in Drawing and Painting. She has worked as a business reporter for Expert Magazine. In her research project Anastasia analysed the university ranking system and made an attempt to understand if such rankings are at all useful.
Anastasia is now a freelance journalist.