Graduated from English Literature Gadjah Mada University, Lestari joined SurveyMETER in 2008 as translator for manual and questionnaire of IFLS 4 and other SurveyMETER’s s projects. Lestari was data entry specialist for School-based Management Study in 2010 and involved as research assistant and translator of PNPM Impact Evaluation Study in 2011. She has also involved in various projects : baseline Study of Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketting (TSSM /StoPS), Water and Sanitation for Low Income Communities (WSLIC-2), School-Based Management Qualitative Study, and MDGs Study in Indonesia.