8, president of the Seminary of Pedagogical Studies, General Director of Secondary Education, and professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Her book Literatura española, a Spanish manual for the use of secondary school students, first published in 1941, has had thirty editions.

[2][5] She was part of the first group of teachers when the Escuela Normal Superior de México [es] was inaugurated in 1946.

[3] In 1962, she presented a project of reforms to the programs and study plans, in order to streamline and revitalize teaching.

In addition to collaborating on the edition of textbooks, she participated in assemblies, pedagogical congresses, and published articles in specialized education magazines.

[7]Eva Sámano selected Anaya as a literary teacher and director of the Heroes of Liberty Secondary School in 1965, which she inaugurated in Coyoacán, positions that she held until her death.