Anai Herrera has two master's degrees, one in Economics with a gender emphasis from American University and another in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University, both in Washington, D.C. Additionally, she holds two postgraduate degrees, one in Gender Analysis in Economics from American University and another in Economics and Finance awarded by CEMLA together with the Bank of Guatemala and Rafael Landívar University of Guatemala. She has taken specialized courses in project evaluation and quantitative methods, including at Duke University's Center for International Development. She currently serves as a faculty researcher at the Santa Cruz campus.