Anna is a Sacramento attorney by way of Chicago. She became involved in political volunteering at a young age, phone-banking and canvassing for local candidates on Chicago’s south side. Since her arrival in California in the mid-1990s, Anna has volunteered for numerous Democratic candidates and on behalf of progressive issues. Upon moving to Sacramento, Anna volunteered to start the DPSC’s Neighborhood Leader Program. Anna has raised funds and volunteered for many Sacramento candidates and served as an advisor and treasurer on local campaigns.

Anna is a founding member of San Francisco’s Democracy Action, a political action committee dedicated to aiding progressive state and national politicians and issues through political action (www.democracyaction.org). Anna is also a graduate of the Emerge Program (Emerge: Women Leaders for a Democratic Future) (www.emergeca.org). Anna has sung soprano for the Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra for the last three seasons (www.sacramentochoral.com).

Anna earned her B.S. from Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations in 1995. In 2001, she received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. As an undergraduate, Anna served as Executive Vice President of Cornell University's Student Assembly during one of her two terms as the Industrial & Labor Relations School Representative. During law school, she helped revive the Jewish Law Students Association and served one term as a student government representative.