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.

Host Lori Burkart Frank interviews Heather Scott, Infection Prevention Program Manager at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. Heather's fascinating career started as a charge nurse cardiac care step-down unit, on the front line of the AIDS epidemic in the early 80s, attending law school, attending education at West Point - preparation for biological warfare, practicing law in NYC, and ultimately here at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in the Spring of 2020 as the COVID Pandemic unfolded.

Host Hollie Grimaldi Flores chats with Kristen Bardwell about the pure joy of giving back to this community, owning a business, various options for senior care in Nevada County and the rewards of working with seniors as well as valuing employees.

Host Brian Buckley talks with author and civic engagement consultant Rich Harwood about his life's work in providing tools and advice to organizations to bridge divides, build capacity and overcome shared challenges.

Andrew was born in Grass Valley CA. He grew up here in Nevada County and graduated from Nevada Union High School. Andrew started a family early and soon realized he needed to focus on a direction and career. While he worked as much as possible in various jobs, Andrew was invited on a ride along where he fell in love with the concept of serving his community and doing his part in making this community a better place. Andrew started working at Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in January of 2007. Andrew was provided with the opportunity to attend the basic police academy in January of 2008 and started his law enforcement career with the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. Throughout his career, Andrew worked on patrol, courts, with the USFS as the high-country deputy, field training officer and assigned to the Major Crimes Unit as a detective. Along with those assignments Andrew was trained in Search and Rescue coordination, joined the Critical Incident Negotiation Team as a negotiator, and was the Vice President of the Deputy Sheriff’s Association. In 2021 Andrew was promoted to Sergeant where he supervised a patrol team, became the Community Outreach Sergeant and then was assigned to the Office of Emergency Services as the Emergency Operation Center Coordinator. Andrew earned both an advanced P.O.S.T. and supervisory certificate and obtained Institute of Criminal Investigation specialty certificates in sexual assault investigations and homicide. In 2024 Andrew completed the Sherman Block Supervisory Institute where he learned valuable leadership lessons and skills. Andrew is currently the team leader of CINT and look forward to going back to investigations as a supervisor. In Andrews time off he enjoys spending time with his wife Rhia and on his new property in Chicago Park where he grows various fruit trees, keeps bees, does woodworking, and dabbles in photography. Andrew’s biggest achievements include raising two beautiful children and solving several homicide investigations.

Tonight, on The Sages Among Us, host Kimberly Ewing invites singer, songwriter Michelle Amador back on the air to talk about her new role with Nevada County's newly formed Community Foundation and her passion for arts advocacy and equity and inclusion leadership.