Anne has been authoring guides for Adafruit since September, 2013. She joined Adafruit full time in April, 2018.

Anne is an electrical engineer and has previous experience at NASA/JPL, Boeing, and a 30 year career as a Security Engineering Officer with the US Department of State, retiring as a Senior Foreign Service Officer.

Anne's always had a special interest in digital circuitry, with experimentation in high school with parts from Radio Shack. Today she has a personal interest in vintage computing, especially early IBM and Compaq PCs. This includes interfacing with original equipment and emulation. You can read about this work on her blog 21stdigitalhome.blogspot.com.

Anne has authored two books on Adafruit boards via Make. Getting Started with Adafruit Trinket and Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express. Amazon

Anne now lives in Chicago after leaving the Florida Space Coast. She's married to Amy Lendian, a Systems Engineering Consultant at Kennedy Space Center. They have numerous children, grandchildren and two great grandchildren. And they also have a dog named Bowie.