Anna left Roundwood to complete her A levels at The Leys in Cambridge.  She then gained a BA(hons) in the History of Design from Manchester Metropilitan University in 1992. Anna and her husband have a passion for sailing. Having crossed the atlantic in their yacht in 2002 they crossed the Pacific in 2005 and spent some years in Australia where Anna gained a Professional Diploma in Human Resource Management from Deakin University. They then moved north in their yacht reaching  Singapore where they still live with their son. Anna currently works as a University Staffing Consultant for Microsoft and coordinates their university hiring programme across S.E. Asia.