Anaka grew up in Colorado and has been acting since the age of eight. She attended Pepperdine University on a theatre scholarship where she learned about acting, but also discovered a love for costume design and construction. After moving to Austin and doing community theatre, the Lord brought her to her current calling as a teacher. She taught tech theatre and acting and co-directed two state qualifying UIL one act plays at Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville. Now at Austin Classical School, she has taught middle school Shakespeare, history, and science, then kindergarten and most recently 4th grade. Her favorite roles on stage have been Beth in “Little Women” and Alex in “On the Verge”, but her favorite roles in life are as Quinn’s wife, Abram, Selah, Simon, and Moses’s mom and as a beloved daughter of God