At the California Alliance, Annie serves as a Child Welfare Policy Advocate, bringing a background in law, police reform, and education advocacy, as well as direct service experience in a K-12 setting as an AmeriCorps member.

Drawing on her diverse professional background, Annie has previously worked as a Law Clerk for Parent Advocates of Sacramento, where she played a crucial role in working with parents in dependency proceedings. She also worked as a Felony Division Intern at the Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office and as a federal education policy intern for Partners for Each and Every Child in Washington, D.C. Before that, she served as an AmeriCorps Member for City Year Orlando, where she taught Algebra 1 to 9th-grade students at Jones High School.

She holds a Juris Doctor degree from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, and a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Florida International University. While in law school, she held leadership positions in the Lambda/LGBTQ+ Law Students Association and the Student Bar Association’s Events and Coordination Committee, while also winning first place in the 2022 Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court Program. During her final year in law school, she participated in McGeorge’s Legislative and Public Policy Clinic, where she worked with ACLU: California Action on one of their police reform bills.

During her college years, she worked as a nanny for various families in South and Central Florida, held leadership positions in student-led organizations, such as the United States National Committee for UN Women, and served as a Young People For (YP4) fellow. She is passionate about social justice and advocating for marginalized children, youth, and families. She enjoys weightlifting, cooking, gardening, and painting in her free time!