Anna Palmer received her Bachelors of Arts degree in Sociology with a concentration in migration, race, and education at Occidental College. For the last few years, Anna served as the Education in Action (EIA) Coordinator at the Center for Community Based Learning where she collaborated with multiple stakeholders to develop reciprocal community-based projects and research. In her senior thesis work, Anna conducted primary research to explore how Afro-Caribbean mothers navigate contrasting parenting values and practices as immigrants to the United States. Outside of her professional life, she co-founded Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) at Occidental a space to empower the QTPOC community through individual and collective healing, education, and reclamation of self and identity. At the Haas Institute, she will be working with the Global Justice Program team to research case studies on climate refugees around the globe.
