Reaching out to teens through text
<p>Most recently Anastasia was the Director of Digital Programs for the Inspire USA Foundation where she lead the ongoing development of Reachout.com including development of new social media and mobile applications. Anastasia was the founder of <a href="http://www.ypulse.com">Ypulse</a>, an award-winning blogger and often-quoted expert on American tweens, teens and early twentysomethings. She has worked in media for the past 15+ years and helped launch youth oriented web and television properties for brands like Oxygen, AOL and Current TV. She will never forget her roots having begun her career in the non-profit youth media space at Teen Voices magazine. Anastasia was one of the first graduates of the Medill School of Journalism’s new media program at Northwestern University, where she earned an MSJ in 1999. Her first book about teens and technology called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Totally-Wired-Tweens-Really-Online/dp/B001F0RA0M/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282449634&sr=1-1">Totally Wired: What Teens & Tweens Are Really Doing Online</a> was published by St. Martin’s Press.</p>