Annie’s life goal is to promote gender equity and fairness for all people. In 2013 Annie co-founded Mission Propelle after recognizing a gap in girl empowerment programming. Youth Alliance Yoga (YAY!) has impacted over 10,000 students in the Chicagoland area and continues to teach advocacy, mindfulness and gender equity to elementary students.
Annie is a professor of Gender Studies at Roosevelt University. Her work in the classroom has given her the space to do academic research on gender identity and roles, specifically focusing on young children and motherhood.
When she is not mom-ing or working full-time, she is politically organizing people to register to vote and push progressive policy.