Carley Anderson, MPH, CPH, BMus., began playing piano at the age of six, and violin at the age of eleven. She graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance in 2012. She was a touring member of the University Choir and Orchestra, performing concerts across the United States from Missouri to Washington.
After graduation, she began work in Syracuse, NY as a Public Health Program Coordinator, assisting with travel medicine, occupational health and safety, fetal protection, hearing conservation, and more. She since worked in public health in a number of other federal agencies, including the Injury Center at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention at the Department of Veterans Affairs. She graduated from the University of New England with her Master of Public Health in 2017.
She currently serves as a Lieutenant Health Services Officer in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, serving as a Writer/Editor stationed at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the Food and Drug Administration.