Prior to joining ODI, Anna worked as a researcher for Visible Platform, a non-profit feminist platform, researching sexual harassment on public transport in the UK. She also has experience working in Egypt with St. Andrews Refugee Services in Cairo as a Refugee Legal Aid Programme Officer, where Anna worked to obtain emergency aid from UNHCR for LGBTQAI+ refugees. Anna holds an MA in International Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, the focus of which was gender and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa alongside an advanced Arabic language course.