Home: Los Angeles, California 

Congregation: Wholicare Community Missionary Church 

Occupation:  Regional minister for Southern California for Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference, associate pastor at Wholicare Community Missionary Church and teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District. She has also written for the Menno Snapshots blog and is a columnist for Anabaptist World magazine.  

Educational background: Bachelor's degree in mass communication and background in early childhood education.  

Anthonia is the founder and vision bearer of In the Loving Arms (ITLA), which is a ministry that exists to demonstrate, in practical terms, the love of Jesus to disempowered individuals, which include the poor, widows and orphans. ITLA accomplishes its ministry objective through direct service to the previously mentioned populations, partnership with community organizations and other ministry partners.