Anand attended public schools in Lexington, MA where he excelled in art and English classes. He had strong connections with nature as well, spending many days exploring the various wilderness areas near his hometown. As an adolescent he worked as a counselor in upstate Maine. There he developed a love and appreciation for the outdoors and recreational activities like sailing, hiking, canoeing, and kayaking. Helping to manage a supervise 10-15 campers was a formative experience and has led to his pursuit of teaching children as his vocation.

After High School he attended the University of Vermont in Burlington. It was there were he was able to balance his love of the outdoors with a solid liberal arts education. After graduating with a B.A. in English he moved back to Massachusetts and began working in various settings with children.  In 1993, he entered the Waldorf Teacher Training program at Antioch New England Graduate School and enrolled in the Integrated Day program as well and spent the next two years working and commuting to New Hampshire on the weekends to complete his Masters of Education. After completing 3 student teaching internships in New England, he moved to the West coast and took a job at the Olympia Waldorf School in 1995.  He had been on vacation that summer in the Pacific Northwest and fell in love with the region. 

Since then he has taken two classes through in Olympia, one through the eighth grade.  In the years since he has worked at Waldorf Schools on Whidbey Island and in Tacoma, WA taking classes in the 1st-3rd grades. He has also worked in various public schools as a substitute teacher. He also is an avid singer and has participated in numerous local choirs in Olympia. He has always considered himself equal part artist and teacher as he works with children to develop their own unique gifts and capacities.