Arely Anaya or uh-RE-lee uh-NAH-yuh. You got it! I split my time between Illinois and Minnesota. I’m the middle child of seven and moved homes quite a bit as a kid. I graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a major in fiction writing and a minor in writing for television in May 2019. W is for Watonwan, an ABC children’s book, was my first publication in 2011. My latest writing includes a profile feature on Chicago antiquarians Damaris and Fernando Sanchez. As owners of Antique to Chic, they share their work process, the customer encounters, how their up-cycling hobby became their business, and more!
