She earned her undergraduate at University of California, Davis and her Masters of Science in Nursing, as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioners, at University of California, San Francisco. Before coming to the VA, Annie helped with screening at-risk populations for Hepatitis-B, taught disaster-preparedness skills to immigrants living in Chinatown's SROs (single room occupancy); triaged patients at a Volunteers-in-Medicine clinic, and assistaed a local Bay Area Ombudsmen's office. Her interests include geriatrics, movement disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation, Botox therapies, patient & caregiver education, and the Palliative Care of hte Advanced Parkinson's disease patient.