Anastasia Ponomareva is an urbanism specialist with a passion for making cities more practical, inclusive, and comfortable for their inhabitants. She holds a Master's degree in Urbanism, Urban Development, and Spatial Planning from Высшая Школа Экономики and a Bachelor's degree in Architecture and Urban planning from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. Anastasia has extensive experience managing and implementing projects in architecture, urban planning, and digital technologies with a focus on sustainable development. She has previously worked as the head of urban projects at Innopolis City Development Fund and as a consultant for digital projects and services development at City of Innopolis. Anastasia's expertise also includes urban data analysis, and she has previously worked for Стрелка КБ and Habidatum as an urban data analyst. Additionally, Anastasia has worked as an architect for AES architectural bureau and 22-27 architectural bureau. Overall, Anastasia's wide-ranging experience has enabled her to coordinate interdisciplinary teams, develop regulations and concepts for building and public space development, and create and implement urban projects that are sustainable and practical.