Anita Scott, a native of Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas, came to Texas Home School Coalition in 2022 after serving for a decade as a K-12 teacher and administrator. Anita points to God as the One who receives all the credit for creating within her an appetite for policy because, as she says, she never saw this coming.

Beginning in the 80s, Anita, along with her 7 siblings, were homeschooled by her mother and father in a 3-bedroom/1 bathroom home before her father went and leased a building so they could begin homeschooling other children. Anita worked at her parent’s homeschool Christian school before graduating and then working on her undergrad degree while tutoring and teaching in nearby community colleges and universities.

Joining THSC has laid the foundation for Anita to learn how the legislative process works in order to ensure it benefits the families of Texas – not just in theory, but. One of her favorite verses is Psalms 68:6 She has seen God put her in a big family and has simultaneously mirrored that love by, as a single woman, fostering teenage children. Her mantra: God puts the lonely in families.

Some of her hobbies include snowboarding, horseback riding, napping, and spending intentional moments with family and friends. She has already bungee jumped and skydived, so next are paragliding and riding a giraffe.