Ann’s career started teaching English in grades 7 - 12, spending most of her time teaching eleventh graders how to write. Concurrently, Ann taught composition and American literature at  Morrisville State College, where she was promoted to a full-time position as an Assistant Professor teaching composition. Meanwhile, Ann pursued her doctorate, researching the link between critical thinking and writing instruction. 

A move to New Hampshire shifted Ann’s career to teacher education, teaching and building graduate programs at New England College and Granite State University.  Ann also worked as a consultant for the NH Department of Education offering professional development at several schools.

Retiring from higher education, Ann took a job for fun - tutoring at Mountain Valley Treatment Center, a residential program for adolescents and young adults with anxiety and OCD. To her delight, Ann found that her experience and research interests offered keen insight into the learning barriers faced by anxious students.

For the last six years, Ann’s work has focused exclusively on helping anxious learners, during which she has developed a specialized teaching methodology that has proven effective with hundreds of learners. She is currently at work on a book to share this methodology with her educational colleagues. 

Ann now works independently with a select few learners, some of whom have continued with her throughout their college careers. Ann also helps graduate students and adult professionals who find themselves “stuck” with writing and organization.

Ann holds a Bachelors of Art, Summa Cum Laude with High Honors in English from Kenyon College, a Master’s in the Art of Teaching from the State University of New York at Cortland, and a Doctorate in Education from Binghamton University.