Fermanova who is now 24 years old, moved to Greensboro, NC with her family from Riga, Latvia as Jewish religious refugees in 1994. The family then moved to Baltimore for a year and eventually settled in Dallas area in 1998. In the US she was naturalized and became a US citizen. In 2004, Anna graduated from Richardson High School. Currently, she studies at the University of Phoenix and teaches English language to Russian students in Moscow.