Anna is a radio producer and library associate in Chicago.

Anna specializes in local history and archive media, and works in a variety of mediums, including radio, written stories, exhibition work, and curricula design. She has her Master of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 

Anna has written and produced for WBEZ’s Curious City, WFMT’s Studs Terkel Radio Archive, Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia, the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, the 92nd St Y Unterberg Center, and the Chicago History Podcast with Tommy Henry.

Audio Highlights

Anna’s story on Chicago’s Oldest Families was featured in the Chicago Sun Times and the Jewish Council of Urban Affairs Newsletter. Her architectural history piece on the Medinah Temple was broadcasted on Reset with Sasha Ann Simons.
Anna is Senior Producer of Unboxing Queer History Season Two, a podcast from the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives. The eight-episode season premiered in September 2025.
Anna produced and researched for this true crime piece on Silas Jayne, one of Chicago’s most deadly gangsters who controlled the horse racing scene. This episode was performed live at the Chicago History Museum.

Programming Highlights

Learn more about Anna’s media literacy programs at Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia.
Anna wrote curricula for the 92nd St Y’s Unterberg Center‘s grant to the Mellon Foundation for future educational programming.
Anna was the Community Engagement Coordinator for WFMT’s Studs Terkel Radio Archive. Learn more about the initiatives she spearheaded there.