She is a published author in prestigious legal publications for family law attorneys and is an active committee member of various Florida Bar Family Law Section Committees and the First American Family Law Inns of Court in Coral Gables, Florida. She attended the University of Maryland, College Park, earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Cell Molecular Biology Genetics. She earned her law degree from Nova Southeastern University located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. While attending law school, Anya was an active member of the Moot Court Honor’s Society and competed nationally against high-ranked law schools in addition to editing international legal articles with the ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law.