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Creative Beginnings
Started as a freelance makeup artist in Chicago, developing her artistry and client-service experience.
Her path from professional artistry and esthetics to a physician-led medical spa shaped a clear purpose: make practical facial education easier to access, easier to understand, and more meaningful for students to use.
Anastasia began her professional career in Chicago as a freelance makeup artist. Working directly with clients taught her that beauty services are personal: people remember not only the final result, but also how clearly a professional communicates, how carefully they listen, and how confident they make a client feel.
She strengthened that creative background with formal business education, earning an Associate in Applied Science in Business Administration from Northeastern Business College in 2000. As her interest in skincare grew, she completed a 750-hour esthetics program at Pivot Point International Academy in 2007.
This combination of artistry, business administration, and esthetics gave Anastasia a broader view of the beauty industry. She understood the technical side of services, the importance of client relationships, and the operational work required to build a dependable professional practice.
Anastasia’s teaching style connects clear explanation with practical demonstration. She wants students to understand not only the order of a facial treatment, but also the reasoning behind preparation, product use, client comfort, hygiene, and professional communication.
By demonstrating techniques in a realistic treatment setting, she helps online learners see how individual steps become a complete and thoughtful client experience.
Each stage of Anastasia’s career added something important to the way she now develops education and supports students.
Started as a freelance makeup artist in Chicago, developing her artistry and client-service experience.
Earned an A.A.S. in Business Administration, strengthening her understanding of planning and operations.
Completed a 750-hour esthetics program focused on skincare, client care, and facial services.
Worked in a physician-led med spa, learning clinical communication, preparation, and safety standards.
Since 2014, she has led flexible online education across makeup, facial aesthetics, skincare, and laser safety.
Before moving fully into education leadership, Anastasia worked at Sofia’s Med Spa and Beauty Oasis alongside Dr. Sophie Simeakis-Borrelli. The experience gave her a close view of how professional skincare services fit within a physician-led environment.
It also reinforced a lesson that would later become central to her teaching: strong technique matters, but responsible practice, communication, preparation, and client safety matter just as much.
Anastasia worked with physicians, medical professionals, estheticians, and administrative staff while supporting the daily flow of client care and treatment preparation.
Across makeup artistry, esthetics education, and medical-spa work, Anastasia saw how difficult it could be for students to find training that was both practical and flexible. Traditional schedules did not fit everyone. Some learners were balancing work or family responsibilities, while others lived too far from specialized schools.
She wanted to create an academy where location and schedule would not automatically determine who could continue learning. ASFA Facial Academy grew from that idea: organized facial education that students could access online, review at their own pace, and connect to real professional expectations.
Her goal was never simply to place lessons on a screen. She wanted students to understand why each step matters, how to approach clients responsibly, and how practice can build genuine confidence over time.
Anastasia’s education combines business administration, formal esthetics training, historical professional licensure, and laser-safety education.
Associate in Applied Science from Northeastern Business College in Chicago, Illinois.
Formal esthetics education completed through Pivot Point International Academy, covering professional skincare, client care, facial services, and practical esthetics training.
A documented Illinois esthetician license history is included in her supporting professional records.
Presented as a historical credential rather than a statement of current licensure.Certificate of completion for Laser Safety Officer training through AML Laser Academy.
Anastasia’s work also includes product development, creative collaboration, operational leadership, and advocacy connected to more thoughtful beauty education.
Anastasia’s interest in product development grew from the same practical questions that guide her teaching: Is the texture easy to work with? Does the application make sense for the treatment step? Can a student understand how and why the product is being used?
That hands-on perspective influenced the development of ASFA learning tools and facial kits designed to help online students follow demonstrations, practice techniques, and become more comfortable working with professional skincare products.
Anastasia’s mission is to make professional beauty and aesthetics education more accessible without losing the care, structure, and responsibility students deserve. She believes education should do more than deliver information or issue a certificate. It should help students understand what they are learning, practice with purpose, recognize professional responsibilities, and feel prepared to continue growing.
Anastasia co-founded Vizio Makeup Academy in 2014 and later helped expand the education portfolio through ASFA Facial Academy and AML Laser Academy. She also founded Infinite Chroma®, extending her work into professional product systems and more sustainable beauty design. Across these brands, she contributes to curriculum development, quality review, instructor collaboration, student-support systems, and practical learning resources.
Her work has also included developing practical kits and educational tools, supporting scholarships and grants, serving as a judge for beauty-industry events, and contributing to community initiatives involving cancer awareness, mental-health awareness, women’s empowerment, and educational access.
Online professional education focused on facial aesthetics, skincare knowledge, practical guidance, and flexible learning.
Learn about ASFA Facial AcademyCareer-focused online education in professional makeup artistry, bridal, film and television, and special effects.
Visit Vizio Makeup AcademyOnline education in cosmetic laser safety, medical aesthetics, infection control, and related professional topics.
Visit AML Laser AcademyLearn more about the academy she helped build or compare ASFA’s current facial course options.