Anelia Sutton

Anelia Carmila Sutton (born December 25, 1968), is an American author, activist, and advocate on social media. She rose to prominence with the release of her book Clear Her Name. She is the founder of IRON Sharpens IRON Council which began as a legal advocacy community on Facebook and Host of Ain't No Fun When the Rabbit Got the Gun, popular series on social media.
==Early life and education==
Anelia Sutton was born to Arnold Sutton Sr. (deceased), a US Army veteran, and Rosita Sutton, in the Republic of Panama. She is the daughter of a Mestizo-Panamanian mother and an Afro-Panamanian father and was raised with four siblings on Army bases located in Kentucky and Gelnhausen, West Germany. 
After the tragic death of her sister, Marcia Magdalena Williams, an innocent bystander who was fatally gunned down by a stray bullet on her way home from a visit with her mother. "Despite the years since her murder in 1991, I still miss my sister dearly and will continue to feel the loss of presence for the rest of my life. I keep some of her home decorations in my home, I have some of her clothing hanging in my closet, and one of her favorite artworks she painted in high school has been with me to keep her memory alive."
In 1993, Anelia Sutton earned Le Diplome D'Esthetique from Yvonne De Vilar Scientific Skin Care and Business Development Certificate from Howard University in 1999. In 2000, she went for the Declaration of Financial Empowerment and became a member of The Chairman's Circle, The Oxford Club in 2006. Sutton holds a Bachelor of Science in Holistic Nutrition from Clayton College of Natural Health (2007). She earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Excelsior College (2008), a Master of Business Administration from Northcentral University (2009), and a Post-Master's Certificate from Northcentral University (2011).
In 2021, Anelia Sutton obtained Humanitarian Rights Education Certificate from the US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights (USIDHR).
==Career==
In 2004, Anelia Sutton began her US Navy career and, in 2018, became a veteran with an Honorable Discharge. In 2016, she adopted the alias Anne Smith as her professional name to protect her daughter. In early 2022, Anelia discontinued using the alias Anne Smith as her professional name. In 2022, Anelia launched a comic book using the alias Anne Smith as the secret identity for superhero Sunshine Reign.
In 2017, she established IRON Sharpens IRON Council, which began as a Facebook legal advocacy community, to help her daughter, who was wrongfully committed to a state hospital by a corrupt prosecutor, who presented false evidence in case of two counts of attempted murder of her children, 4 and 5 at the time, and two counts of alteration of food, drink or drug, in November 2013. The IRON Sharpens IRON Council's community grew through which she established her career as a motivational speaker, thought leader, and social activist.
Anelia Sutton runs a social justice movement, Clear Her Name, to save her daughter and two grandchildren. After 7 years of struggle, she decided to write a book titled, Clear Her Name: A Mother’s Journey in Legal Research to Save Her Daughter under her alias Anne Smith then publish Clear Her Name under Anelia Sutton after her daughter's case was closed. Anelia began a crowdfunding campaign for a docuseries about her daughter’s plight, Clear Her Name. Clear Her Name is getting a movie adaptation by Anelia Sutton. 
She made a guest appearance on the Montel Williams Show and was featured in over 240 media outlets, including NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News, Huffington Post, and Forbes.
==Advocacy style and influences==
Anelia Sutton believes in equality through empowerment as a "peaceful gladiator", a term she coined for someone who chose the peaceful way for the good of all. She also believes that good people can do more good with more.
Anelia is the founder of Mission Possible University. She credits American educator, Mary McLeod Bethune, an education advocate who paved the way for her belief in educational empowerment.
==Bibliography==
* Richard Branson, Anelia Sutton. Performance 360.
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==Awards and recognition==
* Legal Researcher with 10,000+ hours of legal research, 2019
* Honorable Discharge, United States Navy, 2018
* America’s Premier Experts Award, Forbes Magazine, 2015
== Impact ==
Anelia Sutton dream to eradicate corruption from the justice system. Her prayer is to impact 1,000,000 families through education.
When Anelia discovered a pattern of abuse at the hands of public servants and legal professionals who routinely targeted and preyed upon people who are struggling financially, Anelia launched Mission Possible University to close the wealth gap as a tool to level the playing field. As a mother who turned to legal research and investigative journalism to save her own daughter, Anelia is determined to normalize jurisprudence (study of law) and generational wealth on both sides of the same coin: legal advocacy and financial literacy.
==Personal life==
Anelia Sutton resides in Maryland with her son.
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Official website
* Anelia Sutton
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* Anelia Sutton on IMDb
* Anelia Sutton on TikTok
* Iron Sharpens Iron Council
* Sunshine Reign on TikTok
Category:1968 births
Category:American authors
Category:American activists
Category:American humanitarians
Category:North Central University alumni