Hometown: New York City, New York

Anna was born in New York City, New York, and began her training at the School of American Ballet. She continued at the Joffrey Ballet School under the mentorship and direction of Era Jouravlev and graduated from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theater. Her first professional experience began at 17 years old at the Bayerisches Junior Ballet in Munich, Germany, under the leadership of Ivan Lîska, where she worked as an apprentice with the Bayerisches Staatsballett. During her two seasons there she toured Europe dancing works by George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Richard Siegal, Jörg Mannes, and more. She then spent two seasons in Innsbruck, Austria dancing with the Tiroler Landestheater’s Tanzcompany under the direction of Enrique Gasa Valga performing ballets of his works as well as works by Nacho Duato, Jiří Kylián, and Alexander Ekman.