Anna Pacewicz was born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia in 1999. Professionally her career was in market research and advertising, working for DMB&B London and Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney. She began researching her Polish family history in 2011, joining the Kresy-Siberia Foundation headquartered in Warsaw in 2012 and served as its Chair since that date. She is a Trustee (Secretary) of the Australian Charity Kresy-Siberia (Australia) Ltd
She has travelled all over Australia – Brisbane, Adelaide and throughout NSW – interviewing survivors for the Kresy-Siberia Survivor Testimony Project. She has also entered over 1,000 biographical profiles and images to the Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum Wall of Names and Hall of Images. Anna also produced the Virtual Museum Galleries, the Education Program for Polish language teachers abroad and the special exhibition “Polish Naval Memories of WW2”. Anna is also an Administrator with the virtual museum, answering enquiries from historians, survivors and their families all over the world. She is also a Moderator and Administrator with the Kresy-Siberia Facebook group.