Dr. Anna Cederstav was born and raised in Sweden. In 1980, her family moved to Connecticut where she attended Greenwich High School and Yale University. She holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley. Anna has a broad background in organic and environmental chemistry, environmental engineering, and environmental policy. She is fluent in Spanish and Swedish.

Anna joined Earthjustice’s International program as Staff Scientist in 1998. She is also Co-Executive Director of the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), a hemispheric environmental law group of which Earthjustice is a founding participating organization. In 2001, Anna served on the global assurance committee for the Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development project, and she is currently on the Board of the Center for Science in Public Participation.

When she is not traveling, Anna and her husband Adam spend their time renovating their fixer-upper California bungalow, cooking, practicing yoga, entertaining their parrot, or enjoying the great outdoors.