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Anne Arrington, a native of New Orleans, studied at Southern Methodist University and at the University College of London receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology. She also earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of New Orleans. After working in International Relations at NASA, she continued her public service as Associate Director for Policy in the Office of Gulf Coast Rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Anne married her husband, Jodey C. Arrington, and moved to Lubbock, Texas, where she served on the Board of Trustees for the Texas Tech University Museum of Art. Her passion for art, music and diverse cultures stems from growing up in New Orleans and traveling and teaching English abroad. She also brings a love of Western and Native American art and culture from her 15 years living in the Southwest. She currently resides in a region of Western Texas known as the Llano Estacado, which means the palisaded plains, an area with strong Native American and American Frontier heritage. Anne and Jodey, who is now a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, have three children, Nate, Jane, and Henry.