Anna-Marie is a product of K-12 + Catholic education. She recently completed her fifth year as a principal at the Catholic elementary school she attended as a child. Because Anna-Marie was educated by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, she lives the mission of Transforming the World through Education. It is for this reason she decided to serve at Santa Isabel School, a Los Angeles inner-city elementary school dedicated to educating the high poverty, heavily Latino population. Despite the challenges, her school community collaboratively built relationships that helped accomplish five consecutive years of increased enrollment, technology 1:1 integration, facilities expansion, and a strategic plan created to ensure sustainability and continued growth. These relationships involved the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Loyola Marymount University, University of Notre Dame's Catholic School Advantage Campaign, numerous foundations, a research-based Professional Learning Community, and their best marketers-the parents.

Anna-Marie is looking forward to using all of her learning experiences combined with her Loyola Marymount University education: consisting of a Masters in Education, Masters in Catholic School Administration, and Doctoral Candidacy in Educational Leadership for Social Justice. She hopes to use all she has learned as she continues to serve Catholic education in her new leadership role as a regional supervisor for the Los Angeles Archdiocese Department of Catholic Schools.