Dr. Anna Kohen was born in Vlo­ra, Alba­nia, and left in 1966 with sev­en of her fam­i­ly mem­bers and moved to Greece where she com­plet­ed Den­tal School and earned a den­tal degree. In 1991, and with the help of sev­er­al Jew­ish organ­i­sa­tions, she brought 37 of her Alban­ian rel­a­tives to the Unit­ed States. That same year she was invit­ed to Alba­nia to cel­e­brate the found­ing of the Alban­ian-Israeli soci­ety and was appoint­ed Hon­orary Mem­ber. In 2004, the Pres­i­dent of the Alban­ian Repub­lic award­ed her the medal for spe­cial Civ­il Mer­its for Valu­able con­tri­bu­tions in help­ing Alba­ni­ans dur­ing the Koso­var human­i­tar­i­an cri­sis. Dr. Kohen has served the Alban­ian com­mu­ni­ty for over 30 years as Pres­i­dent of the Alba­nia Amer­i­can Wom­en’s Organization.