Hi! It’s so nice to meet you.

My name is Anna Chapman, my pronouns are she/they. I am a super-fat, queer, fat activist, creator, and strategist. I went to school for advertising, and after graduating went right into project management for a white label web development agency. After five years in the tech industry I realized I was seeking more, so I left the corporate world and started over.

In 2016 I became an accessible yoga instructor and created a community called Body Love Yoga in Portland, OR. During that time I managed a business called Be Nourished where I was able to dive into what body liberation could be. With Body Love Yoga, I offered weekly classes, monthly workshops, and special guest events with fat movement creators such as Amber Karnes (@amberkarnesofficial), Roz the Diva (@rozthediva), and Valerie Sagun (@biggalyoga). The community is now mostly online via my personal instagram (@iamannachapman), and via fatselfcare.com.

In 2017 I started working with a start up called Joyn (in partnership with Nike). I helped source all of the instructors, developed the strategy for how we as fat creators could share our classes, and created a library of my classes on the platform. I worked with Joyn to help create an authentic and joyful experience for the fat community until 2021. The platform was all about joyful movement, empowerment, and joy at any and every size. I love that I was able to advocate for accessibility in my work with Joyn, and able to bring insights from my lived experience as a super-fat person to help inform how we can meet the needs of the members of the site.

In 2020 I started to slowly transition out of Joyn into working with MMG a global consulting and change management firm. Starting as a strategist, I was promoted into the Head of People and Projects role and left in 2022.

Mid 2022, I created Fat Self-Care an information hub and digital fat community centered around care and advocacy in the pro-fat space. I am living in Portland, OR with my dog Waterbaby.

Please reach out if you are wanting to connect about how we might work together. We can work 1:1 or on a larger scale with your business.