Miss Anna
Youth Mentor & Play-Based Educator
- 10+ years experience
- Play-based learning expert
Specialties: Gaming · Social Skills
Why Miss Anna teaches here
Miss Anna is an experienced youth mentor and educator of 10+ years who leads each class with humor, kindness, and an upbeat attitude while sending out positive vibes….. to encourage her students to do the same!
Miss Anna fosters a true love for play-based learning and enjoys helping kids create meaningful friendships at YSA by creating fun and engaging activities that help kiddos truly feel seen, heard, and valued in her warm and welcoming virtual classroom.
What students experience in Miss Anna's classes
High Engagement
Miss Anna leads each class with a bit of fun humor and an upbeat energy that is quite contagious. She creates purposeful play-based activities that pull kids in before they notice they are learning. More than ten years of mentoring experience has given her the knowledge of how to keep children's attention as they all enjoy learning together.
Intellectual Safety
As a neurodivergent mom who homeschools her own neurodivergent child, Miss Anna knows how much safety a patient and kind tone creates in a learning environment. Her warm approach is intentional and consists of kind reminders and patient redirection that helps students who are used to being corrected find kindness setting the pace, instead of pressure.
True Belonging
Friendship is Miss Anna's actual curriculum. She designs activities for the express purpose of helping kids feel seen, heard, and valued while helping them find friends with common interests and values.
The right mentor can change everything.
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Discover the courses and camps Miss Anna teaches.
Animal Crossing
Pay Upfront & Save 10%— Only $29.8/day $149
Mario Kart World
Pay Upfront & Save 10%— Only $29.8/day $149
Girls Club: Friendship & Fun
Pay Upfront & Save 10%— Only $29.8/day $149
Fun & Games Friendship Camp (30 min)
Pay Upfront & Save 10%— Only $29.8/day $149
Dance Fitness Camp (30 min)
Pay Upfront & Save 10%— Only $25.8/day $129
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions Parents Ask.
Everything you need to know about Young Scholars Academy.
What is Young Scholars Academy?
YSA is a WASC-accredited virtual village for gifted, twice-exceptional, and differently-wired students ages 5–25. We offer 200+ live online courses (from Minecraft Redstone Engineering to AP Psychology to Mock Trial) with a maximum of 6–8 students per course, taught by 20 hand-selected mentor teachers who are neurodivergent themselves. We serve 1,200+ families across 47+ states and 17 countries. This is not a marketplace. It's a school and a community.
How does it work?
During Fall and Spring semesters, courses meet once a week, live on Zoom, 50 minutes per session. During Summer, camps run Monday through Friday, one week at a time. When your child enrolls in 3 or more courses, they get free access to Homeroom Social Club — a weekly gathering with a consistent group of friends. Between courses, students hang out on our virtual campus where they walk as avatars, eat lunch together, and build real friendships with kids from around the world who finally get them.
Who is this for?
Gifted, twice-exceptional, and differently-wired students, including kids with ADHD, autism, giftedness, anxiety, dyslexia, and PDA. No diagnosis required. If your child is clever, quirky, and hasn't found their people yet, they belong here. About 65% of our families homeschool. The rest use us alongside traditional or charter schools.
Is this a low-demand environment?
Yes. Enrichment courses have no grades and no traditional homework. However, for-credit courses include assignments and letter grades. Cameras always optional. Challenge by choice. Students are never cold-called, never forced to participate, and never penalized for how they choose to engage. For students with PDA, demand avoidance, or anxiety, this is the difference between a program they resist and one they ask to log into.
How much does it cost?
Semester courses start at $624. Summer camps are $149–$169 per camp. Payment plans, sibling discounts, referral credits, and ESA/charter funding accepted. We're an approved vendor with 10+ state ESA programs.
Will my child actually make friends?
This is the part that surprises parents most. Your child joins a course about something they love and meets 6–8 kids who love it too. Same group all semester (or all week for camps). Parents tell us their children are more connected with this community than with anyone physically around them. 93% of families re-enroll because their kids won't let them stop.
What if it doesn't work?
100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Switch courses, receive a credit, or stop payments. No questions asked. We can offer this because we know what happens when these kids find their people.
What do parents get?
Virtual Coffee & Connect hours every couple of weeks. Regular Expert Talks with leaders like Seth Perler, Debbie Reber, and Dr. Temple Grandin. A Facebook group where families connect and support each other. Progress updates from mentors. And the ability to watch your child's courses anytime (just stay off camera). You're not just enrolling your child. You're joining a village.