Anna hails from Arnhem, a city situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands and capital of the province of Gelderland. Anna was sponsored by District #1560, and found out about the STEP program through a friend of the family.
She shared photos of her trip, as well as her life and family back home.
She bikes to school, rain or shine, and said that in fact, biking is a more common transportation than auto in her world. She remarked that one of her friends bikes over an hour to school each day. Anna will attend one more year of high school, then go on to college.
Anna likes to ski, travel, sail, and travel to learn about other countries and cultures. She loves to visit large cities to shop and admire the architecture. She likes to hang out with her friends at She speaks Dutch, German and English. Because of school year scheduling conflicts, Olivia Miller will delay her part of the exchange to next summer, when she will stay with Anna's family.
