Anna

Anna Sanders poses in this August 2020 photoshoot.

### Relatives

Susan (mother, deceased), Alan (father), Allison (stepmother), Garth (half-uncle), Anita (sister), Afeni (half-sister), Matt (half-brother)

## Biographical information

### Marital status

In a relationship with Olaf Barker since 2019.

## Appearances

### Debut

"Hype Girls (Introduction)" (April 28, 2019)

> Finally! Violy’s gone, so that way we don’t have to deal with some bullshit retard ever again! —Anna, S5E2
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**Anna Sanders** (born August 21, 2001, in GoAnimate City) is an American actor created by HypeAnimate. As one of the four co-founders of The Hype Girls, she was unpopular before she landed a deal with Hype Productions on April 21. She was a contributor to her group's success. Her voice was NeoSpeech Julie until "The Hype Girls Meet The Hype Boys" when she mentioned her voice being changed by a triggered earthquake. Her voice was NeoSpeech Kate for two episodes until her voice changed to Loquendo Allison.

## Early life

Anna Sanders was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Susan Nguyen-Smith (December 3, 1974 - May 16, 2004) and Alan Sanders (born November 9, 1974). Susan was Vietnamese on her father’s side and Russian on her mother’s side; and Alan was Danish on his mother’s side and German on his father’s side. When Anna was two, she lost her mother in an armed robbery. Susan was gunned down as she drove past the streets of Compton, California. The family moved to the Bay Area after Susan’s passing. They landed in GoAnimate City, a city set in San Francisco, California. She has an older sister named Anita. She also has two half-siblings; her older half-brother Matt and her younger half-sister, Afeni. Afeni was named after the late Afeni Shakur, mother of late rapper Tupac Shakur. Alan got married again, this time to Allison Rhoades who had two children from her first marriage.

## Education

### GoAnimate Elementary School

Anna became friends with Alivia, Astrid, and Alyssa in daycare. They teamed up as the A Girls. The A Girls later became the Hype Girls after they signed a contract with HypeAnimate for $300,000. Anna had also become friends with now-boyfriend Olaf Baker in preschool. They would often play with each other in the sandbox. They weren’t as popular as the other kids at the school. In the third grade, Anna was confronted by two bullies who demanded her lunch money. Olaf tried to jump in and save her, but he was scared, thinking that he, too, would be bruised and beaten. Instead, he left her out to get bullied. Anna was disappointed in Olaf for not saving her and leaving her with bruises and unfriended him. He didn’t care less. Anna moved back to Las Vegas to continue her elementary education.

### Las Vegas West Elementary School

After being severely bruised by the beating she got as a child, the family sued the school for $2 million for not doing anything to stop the bullying. Their case was dismissed, so they moved back to Las Vegas. She still kept in touch with the Hype Girls even after she moved back to her hometown. She finished elementary school in Las Vegas and moved to Oakland, California, to start middle school.

### GoAnimate Middle School

Anna moved to Oakland, California, to attend GoAnimate Middle School. Although Alivia, Astrid, and Alyssa attended San Mateo Prep School for the 2013-14 school year, they still kept in touch with her. In the weekends, they would spend the day together at Alivia’s house. Olaf and Anna have been ex-friends since the 2010-11 school year, and Olaf had since moved overseas to Osaka, Japan. Since Olaf’s maternal paternal maternal great-great grandfather was born and raised in Japan, the family moved there because it was their heritage, and Anna had a good eight or nine years without him. In 2014, she once passed out in the hallway because of an upcoming exam she was about to take the next day. She didn’t even study days earlier, and she had a lot of time to study. She did okay on the exam and got a 75. For the 2015-16 school year, Anna wanted to be with the girls in San Mateo Prep School.

### San Mateo Prep School

Anna felt some kind of way that she was apart from her friends since the last time they met was in the sixth grade. She moved to San Mateo Prep School to be with them. With the Hype Girls’ restructuring of the group which got rid of much of their members, the group was on a decline. It got so bad that the group filed for bankruptcy to clear the debt. Amanda, a former group member, was already attending the University of Southern California. But Anna was getting through middle school well, getting four A’s and three B’s. She enrolled in GoAnimate High School.

### GoAnimate High School

For the 2016-17 school year, Anna and her friends enrolled in GoAnimate High School. In March 2017, a fellow freshman named Darren Trejo asked her out for a date. She said yes, and their first date took place at a Warriors home game against the Sacramento Kings on March 24, 2017. The Warriors won that night, 114-100. They then went to a friend’s party to have some fun upstairs. She also worked at a Starbucks five hours an evening, three days a week while the Hype Girls were on a hiatus. Her relationship continued until she accused Darren of domestic violence and sexual assault in March 2018. The judge filed a no-contact order for Darren, meaning that Darren cannot be more than a mile from her. He broke the no-contact order when he bruised and beaten Anna. As a result, Darren got a slap on the wrist, sentenced to three years of probation and two hundred hours of community service. Anna then filed a lawsuit against the Trejo family for sexual assault and battery. The case had been settled in favor of Anna, and the Trejo family was forced to pay her $3,000. In May 2018, Anna had an interview about everything going on personally. Her teammate, Amanda, was voted off because she wasn’t ready for the group’s press conferences. She was often going to work, and once she went to the press conference, she got fired from her job and had to bounce around a different one. In January 2019, Anna started dating an eighteen-year-old boyfriend named Leonard Friar. They dated for two short months before she realized he had a criminal history of domestic violence. In March 2019, around the same time HypeAnimate started Bro Productions, Alaina joined the group, leading to more job offers from several animation production studios. For the first time in a long time, she was happy. Anna graduated from high school with a 3.9 GPA and an SAT score of 1450. Right after graduating from high school, she bumped into Olaf Barker in the San Francisco International Airport when she recognized him. They had finally reconciled after a very, very long time. Olaf had recently graduated from secondary school in Japan and wanted to move back to California. They later went on a date which turned romantic. Ultimately, they became boyfriend and girlfriend.

### University of Southern California

For the 2020-21 school year, Anna enrolled in the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. She majored in performing arts and was planning to become an actress.

Both she and Olaf enrolled in the same university, but Olaf had majored in computer science.

## Stint with the Hype Girls

*Main article:* The Hype Girls

In 2003, at a very, very young age, Anna was one of four co-founders of the Hype Girls clique. She is described as goofy, stubborn, keen, and above all, a person with a sharp sense of humor. The four of them have been friends for over eighteen years. The Hype Girls toured with Drummers’ Clan from 2008 to 2010. Anna played the bongos on tours which really hyped things up. She even does bingo solos in songs she does with Drummers’ Clan. Anna plays the drums in a collegiate marching band. This is evident as she is mentioned as a drummer in S5E4. Anna worked a regular job at Starbucks during the group’s hiatus. In April 2020, she and the rest of her crew were signed to Hype Productions (now Eric and Erika Media Inc.) for $300,000. They produced The Hype Girls Show from April 30 to December 31, 2020.