Anastasia de Waal

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Anastasia de Waal is a British social policy analyst and broadcaster, specialising in family and education. [1] Director of charity I Can Be, [2] de Waal was previously deputy director at think tank Civitas. De Waal is chair of national parenting charity Family Lives.

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Education

De Waal was educated at Perse School for Girls, an independent school for girls in the city of Cambridge, [3] followed by Hills Road Sixth Form College and the London School of Economics, where she gained a BSc and MSc in Sociology.

Life and career

De Waal is a qualified primary school teacher. [4] In 2010, she set up the charitable programme Visiting Women at Work, now the charity I Can Be, which takes primary school children to meet professionals in their workplaces.

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References

  1. "Anastasia de Waal". The Guardian. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  2. "Family Lives". www.familylives.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  3. "130 years of Perse Girls - A history in 10 objects (See Alumnae, page 9)". Stephen Perse Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. "Anastasia de Waal". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-22.