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A life destined for risk taking and adventure seems to have been written all over Anastasia’s portfolio. She lived in the Congo the first thirteen years of her life. At an early age, she attended an all-French speaking girls school in Brussels, Belgium. During the Congo Revolution in 1960, she was evacuated to Weisbaden, Germany. Life found her at U.C. Berkeley in the ‘60s as confused as everyone else during that era asking, “Is “this” where I was going?” Anastasia has two grown sons, Tim and Brian, who each have families. Her “joie de vivre” is being Nana Tasha to her seven grand-children ranging in age from 17 to five years old. Anastasia was “Young Mother of the Year” in 1980. As an adult she has been a proven entrepreneur as she has given the vision, passion, start-up and launching of three non-profit organizations. She has been a motivational speaker for over 20 years on a variety of topics relevant to women of all ages. She was a co-founder and developer of Women of Vision for World Vision. She has founded and developed all women’s cycling tours: the 1985 Trans America Classic (sponsored by the Raleigh Cycling Co.); the Tour de Coast cycling tours and currently “Whitney Women on Wheels”. She is working on her Masters in Global Leadership degree from Fuller Seminary and is co-founding and developing Global Women in Leadership Network (gwlnetwork.com). Anastasia was married to the late author, Tim Hansel, for the past 17 years. She became his full-time caregiver as well as took care of Tim’s bed-ridden mother for six years. She operated as the point person for two people who were totally dependent in all facets of life. She continues to co-author Tim’s final book, Dancin’ on the Chaos! Living with the Untamed Jesus . . . a collection of Tim’s final years of writing along with Anastasia’s re-collections. Anastasia continues to be involved with HEAL AFRICA in the Congo and the work of Goanddolikewise in Rionchogu, Kenya. Her life long passion continues to be connecting women in the Western world who are immersed in ‘the poverty of affluence’ with Poverty’s Woman in Third World Countries. Lives are changed, hope is restored and destinies are altered.
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