I am a 5th year math graduate student (with plans to graduate in Spring of 2027) at University of Minnesota (UMN), advised by Vic Reiner.
Generally, I am interested in combinatorial commutative algebra and algebraic combinatorics. I enjoy working with matroids, combinatorially defined rings, representations, and questions of equivariance.
I received both BA and MA degrees from San Francisco State University. My masters thesis was advised by Dusty Ross.
photo from Archives of the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
I pronounce my name as anna-STAY-zhah (ænəˈsteɪʒə phonetically) although this changes if I'm not speaking English
April 15: speaking in the Algebraic Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar at Washington University in St. Louis
April 28: speaking in the Discrete Math Seminar at University of Nebraska, Lincoln
July 13-17: presenting a poster at FPSAC at University of Washington
September 27-October 2 2026: attending BIRS workshop Algebra and Geometry of Matroids at CMO Oaxaca
I am one of the organizers of the Minnesota Research Workshop in Algebra and Combinatorics in 2025 and 2026
I am one of the organizers of the Directed Reading Program at UMN
In the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years, I was one of the organizers of the Graduate Online Combinatorics Colloquium
In the 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years, I was the Director of Communications and chaired the social committee of GeMM (chapter of AWM) at UMN
In the 2022-2023 academic year, I was one of the organizers of the Student Combinatorics & Algebra Seminar at UMN
In the 2020-2021 academic year, I was the president of Mathematistas at SFSU; I was the treasurer in the preceding year
I firmly believe in and try my best to uphold the following axioms, laid out by Federico Ardila:
Mathematical talent is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
I am passionate about making mathematics a more welcoming space for students historically underrepresented in academia.