Born and raised in Poland, Anka started taking photos after being gifted her first camera at the age of 16. She has since been participating in grassroots media collectives that create documentaries on important social issues. She conducted trainings for youth and fellow immigrants in Chicago and Oakland and created many short documentaries and one feature film, “Broken Windows, Open Doors”. She worked as one of the camera operators on “Couper Was Here,” and is currently a cinematographer on a feature fiction film, “Elephant”