[{"element_type":"user_image","content":"https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/user_assets/assets/000/000/151/original/2021-07-09_Anne_smaller.jpg?1694112513","metadata":{}},{"element_type":"text","content":"\n        \u003cp\u003eAnne has been authoring guides for Adafruit since September, 2013. She joined Adafruit full time in April, 2018.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnne 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnne'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 \u003ca title=\"Blog\" href=\"https://21stdigitalhome.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e21stdigitalhome.blogspot.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnne has authored two books on Adafruit boards via Make. \u003ca title=\"Getting Started with Adafruit Trinket\" href=\"https://www.adafruit.com/product/1838\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGetting Started with Adafruit Trinket\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express\" href=\"https://www.adafruit.com/product/3944\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGetting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express\u003c/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https://amazon.com/author/annebarela\"\u003eAmazon\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnne 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","metadata":{}}]