Annie is a graduate of Arcadia High School and an incoming freshman at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. In the summer of 2025, she was chosen to work as a High School Insider intern for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, Annie was the Editor-in-Chief of her HS newspaper, The Arcadia Quill. She has been involved with L.A. Times High School Insider since 10th grade, and was selected as one of 20 worldwide to join the Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for HS Journalists Board. Annie attended Asian American Journalists Association's JCamp, the School of The New York Times, and the Harvard Secondary School Journalism Program. She is the 2024 FOX Scholarship recipient, and her scholastic journalism work has been recognized by Quill and Scroll under National Scholastic Press Association, 826 National, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Write the World, Best of SNO, TeenInk, Patch, Headliners in Education, and Journalism Education Association.