Anna Vocino

She became involved in theater while attending St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware, and was an uncredited extra in the film Dead Poets Society, filmed at St. Andrew's, when she was 15.^[7]

In the 1990s, she was one of eight co-founders of the Whole World Improv Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia.^[8]

Vocino married comedy writer Loren Tarquinio in 1999, and they have one child together.^[9]

In 2025, she and Tarquinio co-founded^[10] and star in the Corkscrew Comedy Festival^[11] in the Santa Ynez Valley. The 2025 festival raised funds for the Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society, a socially conscious shelter that helps animals in need. The 2026 Festival is set for June 18–20.

In 2002, Vocino was diagnosed with celiac disease and has been a vocal resource and supporter for helping people figure out what to eat on a gluten-free diet. In 2012, Vocino began co-hosting the Fitness Confidential podcast with Vinnie Tortorich. This led her to refocus her gluten-free recipes on low-carb options. She released the first Eat Happy cookbook in 2016. Eat Happy Too was released in 2019.^[12] Then Eat Happy Italian was published in 2024 (Benbella Books/Simon & Schuster). Eat Happy Cocktail Hour is set to release on October 13, 2026 (Benbella Books/Simon & Schuster).

In 2020, Vocino founded Eat Happy Kitchen, with her marinara sauce as its flagship product. As of 2026, Eat Happy Kitchen now sells pasta sauce, spice blends, and high-protein cheese bites either directly to consumers or at 1,300+ retailers in the United States.^{[13][14][15][16]}

She has said that her mission is to help clean up food labels in grocery stores, help her audience get off sugar and processed foods, and enjoy recipes made with real food again.^[17][18] She has shared these messages with Mike Rowe on The Way I Heard It, with Andy Cohen on What Happens Live!, and many other news outlets.^[19][20]