By the time she was a teenager her innate courage and curiosity eventually led her to spread her wings moving to Finland where she studied nursing. From there she moved to Sydney in 2007.

Upon arriving here Annastacia continued her career as a nurse before transitioning into aged care. Since then she has moved into a leadership role providing strategic support for managing aged care and hospitals. 

In 2014 Annastacia returned to Kenya on a mission to adopt a child. In this process she realised that the laws around adoption that should protect the rights of children did the complete opposite, leaving them exposed and vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and trafficking. As a result in January 2015 she founded Make It Happen, a charity with a focus on Child Advocacy in Kenya especially in regards to adoption and foster care policies.

Today, alongside her career on the front lines of health, Annastacia is also the author of Ignite – Blazing The Fires Inside of You. She is a professional speaker and is on a mission through her message to ignite new possibilities and to light a fire under purpose, passion in order enable humanity to reach a higher potential together.