Anna Nalepka

Born Anna Calderon in Queens, New York City, Anna Nalepka is an award winning actress of Puerto Rican and Irish descent. She started her acting career later in life after raising a family beginning with community theater then appearing in student films, commercials and public service announcements. She later landed supporting roles on shows such as "FBI Criminal Pursuit," "I dated a Psycho" and "Alaska: Ice Cold Killers. She was nominated and won " best supporting actress in a drama " at the Asheville Film Festival in 2016. Tagedy struck her family when her only daughter, Stephanie , passed away from Breast Cancer at the age of 31. Anna retreated from the public eye for a few years to deal with her grief. She has re-emerged with a new passion for helping other bereaved parents by directing the documentary " Broken, But Still Here, a Journey through Child Loss and Beyond" She slowly started to rebuild her acting career with roles in films , commercials and speaking engagements.