Cecil Anderson grew up in northern Hempstead county near the old Southwest Proving Grounds. When he was little he worked the chicken houses of his grandmother’s farm near Ozan, and to this day he can still remember walking the lines. Anderson Graduated attend high school at Nashville High there he won as a freshman the Arkansas state 4A science fair off a project of filtering water. A year later he won the American Museum of Natural History Young Naturalist Award for filtering chicken waste threw natural means in an attempt to limit contamination of the water table.

Anderson fist job off the farm was working for Graves publishing in Nashville a writer and photographer. After Anderson graduated high school he took a photographer position for the summer at the Texarkana Gazette before attending SAU Tech in Camden, Arkansas. At Tech Anderson learned the value of a true hands on education, and during his time worked on six movies threw out the south. Along with acquiring an education, he also worked on a small photography company that now has turned into a small business that shoots many sporting events ranging form the University of Arkansas, Baylor, Texas A&M, and Memphis. In the summer of 2015 Anderson received the prestigious Chancellors Transfer Scholarship for the University of Arkansas, where he attended in the fall of 2015. Now Anderson works at KNWA in Fayetteville as a Production assistant. Anderson never forgot his roots in the red clay of Southwest Arkansas.

Growing up on a farm and as a son of a teacher and former factory worker he never strayed away from hard work. Growing up in a Christian community, Cecil knows the power of prayer in al aspects of religion. Finally, growing up in a place where there was very little government interference was a first hand education that the less government there is, the more opportunity of success there is. As a Journilist Anderson understand the need for openess in ever aspect of government and society so that we can all make the best decisions in our lives.