Both a queer mother and a medical marvel, Candra flipped trauma into testimony when faced with the one-in-a-billion odds of a triple diagnosis. Braving chordoma cancer, multiple sclerosis, and two brain tumors, thousands of readers witnessed Candra’s remarkable recovery in real time as she paved her path from inevitable to invincible. ​
Candra is featured in Medium, The Healdsburg Tribune, Sebastopol Times, Sonoma West, and podcasts: Ink In Your Veins by USA Today Bestselling Author Rachael Herron, and Brave Healer Productions Publishing by bestselling author Laura Di Franco.
Candra’s highly anticipated debut memoir, Invincible, is forthcoming. She lives happily with her family, their magical Siberian Forest cat, and her favorite ficus tree, Angel.
Photography by Jami Matlock
Bestselling author, Candra Anaya, is a renowned freelance writer celebrated for her unfiltered autobiographical essays and her heartwarming and humorous all-inclusive advice column, Dear Queer ~ Gayly Giving Advice Straight from the Heart. Candra is a featured author in the #1 Amazon bestseller, The Life-Changing Power of Self-Love, where she wrote Synergize Science With Soul - How I Braved a One-in-a-Billion Statistic.
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As Dear Queer, Candra advises on relationships of all kinds. No question is too big or too small, too gay or too straight, as she tackles anything her readers are bold enough to ask. She draws advice from hard-won, lived experiences at the intersection of lover and fighter for life.
