Before Anne thought about buildings, she thought about garments. As a student, she explored architecture through the language of pleating, folding, and sewing, asking how structures might move with the people who inhabit them. She still thinks of architecture as a kind of garment wrapped around collective life; one that heightens her sensitivity to scale, comfort, movement, and the subtle ways design shapes everyday experience. For Anne, the lesson was lasting: buildings are not static objects, but living frameworks shaped by human behavior.

Anne traces her passion for architecture back to a formative realization as a child: the first time she stepped inside a house that felt completely unlike anything she had known. It was the moment she understood that the built environment has the power to reshape expectations, to quietly expand a person's sense of what a space, and perhaps even a life, can be.

That memory continues to inform the work she seeks today. Anne is especially drawn to projects with a strong public mission because they extend those possibilities to more people. She believes thoughtful design should not be an exceptional experience reserved for a few, but something encountered in schools, community centers, housing, and civic spaces that elevate everyday life with dignity and delight.

Anne's interest in architecture extends well beyond the buildings she designs. She is equally invested in the future of the profession itself, participating in the inaugural cohort of Chicago Women in Architecture's Ladders to Leadership program to help cultivate stronger, more inclusive leadership. That same sense of stewardship carries into her everyday life. Whether she's designing a civic space, rethinking infrastructure, or simply running the Lakefront Trail, Anne is continually asking the same question: how can architecture wrap itself more thoughtfully around people, creating warmth, ease, and comfort as they move through the world?