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In her 2013 convocation address to Vassar College, Anne identified a lifelong journey to combine her love of natural science and art as the thread running through all her endeavors. Her concern for the environment manifested in action, first by becoming a founding member of her high school’s Students to Overcome Pollution and later as a member of the steering committee for Vassar College’s Environmental Studies Program. Her sense of adventure was another constant thread in her life. Asked what she wanted to be when she grew up by first grade teacher Sister John Peter, Anne drew herself as a Roman Catholic nun in a spaceship heading toward the moon. Anne was a first-generation college student. She earned a BS at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, concentrating in East Asian art history and studio art. She also studied Spanish, Japanese, and biology. After college, she taught for a year in Bogotá …