Anja Strelec was born in 1985 in Varaždin where she graduated high school. She got her degree in journalism at the Faculty of Political Science in 2008. After that, she worked in Argentina teaching Croatian language and history to Croatian emigrants and their descendants in several cities. In 2009, she received Eurodysee, an international scholarship, which allowed her to work in the Spanish Regional Office in Brussels for European Audiovisual Projects and Promotion of Croatian Counties. She did her postgraduate studies in film and audiovisual production in Montpellier, France. Home is where my age is is her second film. She is currently living and working in Zagreb as a freelance investigative reporter, coordinator and director for audiovisual projects.