Anais Dawson is a founding member of Whatcom Tea, and has been serving tea gongfu cha style since she was six years old.  She has been a presenter at the Portland Tea Festival as well as at the Northwest Tea Festival Tea Bar, and has assisted with tea educational presentations and workshops for over a decade.  She is currently a senior at Western Washington University majoring in computer science, with a minor in converting the student body to the ways of tea.