De Anda studied communications at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 2013, De Anda posted to social media about an
Aeroméxico casting call that had been sent to her. It stated that people with dark skin (
morenos) would not be allowed to audition for roles, and that they wanted only actors of "'a white complexion' and a 'Polanco look'". Aeroméxico later apologized when Mexican news outlets wrote about her tweets. In 2017, a male taxi driver
catcalled De Anda, whistling and calling "
Eh, guapa", literally "hey beautiful". This escalated into a heated exchange, until De Anda reported the man to a passing police officer. The taxi driver was fined. He refused to pay and instead chose to spend a night in jail. Since the incident, she has received both
death and
rape threats. In the days following the
Westminster attack and the later the
Manchester Arena bombing pictures of Anda circulated on social media posts claiming that she was a victim of the attacks. At the time of the attack, De Anda was in Mexico City participating in a
Facebook Live interview with the
New York Times. She stated that this was a form of harassment, by internet trolls, retaliating against her, for her actions toward the taxi driver. Speaking with the British newspaper
i: I’ve been the target of Mexican trolls for days since I made a street harasser pay a fine. This is their new attack. It was special and newsworthy because in Mexico the authorities always dismiss women's version and harassers and even murderers never get any kind of punishment. And nobody knows the law. So I ‘discovered’ this way of proceeding, which is simpler, and I cannot believe something so, I don't know, ‘small’ is a big deal. But it is. I broke Mexican internet. She has also worked as a reporter for
Canal Once, host of the show
Radio Formula, and been a contributor to the website
Maspormas. She was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women during 2017 and was a part of an
anti-harassment campaign in
Mexico City. In 2018 she and fellow activist Andrea Arsuaga published
#Amigadatecuenta, a book about feminism and women's health. ==Selected publications==