Ms. Anderson has been working in the field of U.S. immigration law since 1995. She is experienced in nonimmigrant visas, employment and family-based immigrant visas, labor certification applications, consular processing, applications for adjustment of status, applications for waivers of inadmissibility, J-1 hardship waivers, naturalization applications, and I‑9 compliance. She also lectures at colleges and universities on immigration issues.

Ms. Anderson was awarded a Juris Doctor degree from William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2002 and was admitted to the Minnesota Bar that year. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota.

While an undergraduate student, Ms. Anderson lived and studied in Santiago, Chile.  Also during her undergraduate studies, Ms. Anderson served as President of the Board of Directors of the International Study and Travel Center at the University of Minnesota and was honored with the President’s Student Leadership and Service Award.

Ms. Anderson is married to a British citizen, who currently has a "green card".  They are both active in British expat groups in the Twin Cities.