Anna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience in the field of social work. She is a member of the Mobile Crisis Team at the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office and, separately, provides training and therapeutic support to local first responders.

Anna was born and raised in Nevada County and was homeschooled through high school. During her high school years, she joined Campus Life (the local Youth for Christ chapter) where she developed a love of outdoor adventures, and came to understand the positive impact caring adults can have on the lives of youth. It was her experience in Campus Life that inspired her to choose the field of social work as a profession.

Anna graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with her bachelor’s degree in social work in 2007 and obtained her master’s degree in social work from California State University, Sacramento in 2011. She worked within the foster care system for 14 years as a social worker, supervisor, and program manager, before deciding to pursue licensure in 2020. Over the past few years, Anna has held several different roles providing child and family therapy, crisis intervention services for the community, and trauma therapy and training to local first responders.

In her free time, Anna enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, reading, learning, working out, riding dirt bikes, backpacking, camping, paddle boarding, and, occasionally, pranking co-workers.

Tonight, on The Sages Among Us, host Kimberly Ewing chats and laughs with Beth Moore, a truly passionate community member and retired educator. She arrived in Nevada County in 1980 and has been part of civic engagement ever since, working with Meals on Wheels, Utah Phillips efforts, Haute Trash and Earth Days. She's a huge supporter and producer for local performing artists and musicians as she co-owns Wild Eye Pub in Grass Valley. She has hosted over 1500 events in her seven years of running the venue.

Host Keith Porter talks with Liam Apple about his role as a financial advisor and his motivation and experiences as a relative young activist in his community.