Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Anna obtained her bachelor’s degree in international political economy as a Eugene McDermott Scholar at the University of Texas at Dallas. She has interned for the Department of State, the International Rescue Committee, and The Brookings Institution as an Archer Fellow, then studied French and taught English in Évian-les-Bains, France. She is a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow and will work as a Foreign Service Officer after completing her MPA. This past summer, she completed her first internship with the United States Foreign Service in Washington. An avid (and slow) runner, Anna spends her free time visiting friends and family and enjoying the great outdoors.