Anna Karsten
Anna Karsten is a travel blogger and social media personality. She and her writing and photography have been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, CNN, National Geographic and Travel Channel.
Early life
Karsten was born as Anna Lysakowska and raised in Warsaw, Poland. She began her career in media as a child TV presenter. When she was 7, she co-hosted episodes of popular kids programs on TVP2 and Polsat.Education
In 2009, Karsten graduated with distinction and received a Bachelor of Arts from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Karsten then moved to London and studied at University College London.During her postgraduate studies at Leiden University in 2014, she published her research on the politics of abortion in Mexico.
Travel career
Since 2007, Karsten has traveled to over 100 countries and lived on four continents. In 2013, she launched her travel blog, Anna Everywhere in order to document her journeys around the world. She is also known for self-photography on Instagram.She has appeared on television and radio in multiple countries including TVN24, Azteca, Polskie Radio Program IV.
As a speaker, Anna has appeared at Travel Industry Exchange, Traverse, and Travelcon.
She has been featured, quoted or written about in dozens of publications including New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Telegraph, Forbes, Matador Network, News.com.au, EasyJet In-flight Magazine, Brussels Airlines In-flight Magazine, Grazia Magazine, Orbitz, TripAdvisor, Gazeta Wyborcza and BuzzFeed.
Anna has also been named the most popular travel blogger from Poland on Instagram by the National Geographic Traveler.