Professional:

Annie recently graduated high school, with both a diploma and an Associate Degree of Science. She is currently working toward a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing and Event Planning. She stared working in prevention her 9th grade year, and was QPR trained that year. Since then, she has been trained in Mental Health First Aid, and Substance Abuse Prevention Skills, making her a certified prevention specialist. Her work with the Beaver High Youth Coalition sparked her interest in prevention, and she became an AmeriCorps VISTA before she even graduated.

Hobbies:​

• I love golfing! Almost all of my free time is spent on the course or at the range. I've been to a lot of courses in Utah, and my dream is to play the courses in Hawaii!
• I also love going to concerts. My first concert was Justin Bieber when I was 7. Since then I've been to a lot of others like AJR, Quinn XCII, Neck Deep, and Olivia Rodrigo. 
• Traveling is another one of my most favorite (and expensive) hobbies. I love exploring places in the U.S., but I recently went to Mexico and I loved it! Adventuring in new places is the best. My next trip is actually for a CADCA convention in Florida, and after that I'm hoping to travel across Europe!
• Probably my favorite thing ever though, is public speaking. I love talking to people! I was apart of my speech and debate team in high school and I like to think I was pretty good. I've also been in numerous plays and musicals. One of my favorite experiences though, I was on TV! My youth coalition was on Good Things Utah. I also had the amazing opportunity to speak in Salt Lake to legislators and coalition members from across the state (I was so nervous I was sick the whole week before).

Personal:

I was born and raised in Southern Utah (Go Beaver!), and actually wasn't planning on staying here for college. I applied to a lot of out of state schools, but I earned a full ride to SUU and it was too good to pass up so I stayed! I'm planning on staying in Southern Utah for another few years as I finish up my degree. 

Why I chose prevention:

My interest in prevention actually started when I was only in the 7th grade. I was a part of the Personal Empowerment Program in Beaver, and I told Ronda I wanted to be in her youth coalition. I was too young then, but the second I was in 9th grade I applied. Honestly I'm not really sure why I initially wanted to be a part of prevention, but it's been something that I've found passion for as I go along. I was the president of the youth coalition when I was in high school, and I kenw this was something I could see myself doing after I graduated too. I found my college's coalition, Healthy T-Birds, and I also found an AmeriCorps VISTA position opening in Cedar. I applied a few days later and I've been here since then!