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 wear 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 subtly expand a person's sense of what a space, and perhaps even a life, can be.

That memory continues to inform the work she does 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.

With a commitment to design matched only by her commitment to the profession itself, Anne invests her time in strengthening the broader AEC community. In addition to participating in the inaugural cohort of Chicago Women in Architecture's Ladders to Leadership program, she serves as a Director of the Chicago Building Congress and contributes to its IDEA Committee, advocating for a more inclusive and connected profession.

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 be tailored more thoughtfully to the people it’s made for?