Anna Maranta

Anna is a lesbian rabbinical student who offers life-coaching, counselling and spiritual direction from an integral perspective. She also is a private consultant specializing in women’s health and wellbeing. She lives in Ottawa, Canada. Life's complicated! Always has been! After a great year studying at Pardes in Jerusalem, I began studying at the ALEPH Rabbinical Ordination Program (2015 G!d-wlling) Life continues to be a wonderful journey. I am the birth mother of two adult children, Tessa (1983) and Chandra (1985). I also have had the privilege of mothering other children including Mathew (1983); Christopher (1984), Scotty (z`l); and Elizabeth (1984), Amelia (1987) and Oliver (1991), the children of my former partner, Deborahjoy. One of my children has Asperger Syndrome, two have ADD, and other significant learning disabilities.