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About me

Helllllllllooooo Hot Literati Nation! I'm Anne (I'm a lot more interesting than my name – I promise). I'm 22. I am the founder and CEO of a nonprofit that partners with learning hubs to lessen the effects of chronic stress on at-risk (or high opportunity) youth. I'm also a junior scientist at Rutgers and Yale. I study study study. I read read read, and ironically, I love doing nothing - intentionally. Sometimes life gets chaotic with all its bells, whistles, toots, and horns (as it does for everyone!). Just sustaining my heartbeat, and nothing else, is a pleasure.

Things I love

★ I love unconventional, transformative, and cathartic experiences (we'll talk a little about my first experience doing naked yoga soon).

★ I also really really really love pizza. I love eating pizza. I love dreaming about pizza. When you see pizza, think "Anne would love this!" I absolutely would.

★ Self-belief

★ Hopeful grit

★ Redefining words and concepts because semantics matter ("high opportunity youth" was once "high risk youth" Strengths-based frameworks only. Thank you!)

★ Stray book pages

Desires

★ To bring research-backed mindfulness programs/curriculum to as many high-opportunity children/schools within Newark as possible (10,000 children/10 schools)

★ To bring service-oriented science into national awareness

★ Little rays of sunlight that warm my arm as I eat lunch

★ A nice big rainstorm, so I can hunt for worms like I did when I was younger

★ Becoming fluent in Spanish (currently learning!) and French

Hobbies

★ Going to Paris

★ Watching vintage movies in cinemas when I catch them

★ Writing for and with this lovey community

★ Thinking about ways to be innovative

★ Bothering my professors during office hours

★ Just doing my own thing, sucking the marrow out of the things life has to offer, yada, yada, yada