A Texas native, Anne studied humanities, history, and French at the University of Texas-Austin where she organized around human rights issues as a chapter leader and student activist coordinator for Amnesty International. After graduating, she joined Teach For America and moved to Hazard, Kentucky, where she taught math for four years and completed her Master of Science in Education. When she was not out hiking in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains, Anne was becoming increasingly involved in efforts to foster growth in entrepreneurship, computer science education, and technology careers in the region. At the end of her four years in Hazard, she accepted a Fulbright English teaching assistantship position in the Netherlands, where she had the opportunity to research a successful vocational education model while continuing to work with students. This past summer, she interned at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities in Paris, a division of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Anne hopes to use her experience at WWS to prepare for a career supporting rural economic development.