Anne directed a preschool parenting project that funded community-based family centers and launched a multimedia campaign.  As a grant writer, Anne has secured multiple private and state grants for parent education. In addition, she worked with a community task force that launched a minority infant mortality reduction program. She holds dual Master's degrees in Education and English.

Anne is a contributing author to the books A practical guide to raising two, three, and four year olds and Caring for your newborn: How to enjoy the first 60 days as a new mom. Her writing combines her knowledge of early childhood research with practical parenting wisdom.

Anne and her husband have one birth child and have had the privilege of foster parenting seven preschool children.  Currently, she is the editor of Sixty Second Parent Magazine and also works as the Writing Program Director at Montreat College, a liberal arts college in Western North Carolina.