Annie moved to Tucson with her son in 1996 from Illinois to be closer to her grandparents. She attended Pima and the the U of A where she completed her BS in Psychology. She went on to work in Behavioral Health with at risk youth for almost 15 years. She joined Vision Church in the fall of 2020 and became a part-time employee of Vision in the summer of 2021 doing odd jobs around the office. In April of 2022 she switched to full-time and manages business operations.