Anne is a native of Pennsylvania. Growing up in a hunting and fishing family, connection with nature and the outdoors was instilled at an early age. Currently Anne leads the Wildlife Viewing Program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) in Tallahassee. Her responsibilities at the FWC include helping Florida’s rural counties develop sustainable nature tourism programs. She has worked for the agency for 15 years. She holds a Master of Science in environmental sciences and geology from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts in biology from Susquehanna University. She currently lives on a small farm outside of Tallahassee, Florida, sharing adventures with her numerous horses, donkeys, fainting goats and her German shepherd.