Annie has studied Tibetan Buddhism since 1997 and taught meditation classes since 2019.  At a group audience with the Dalai Lama in 2000, her life changed, and her life had purpose and meaning. She studied Buddhism with Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, and Tibetan Buddhist text translation with Geshe Losang Jamspal, Khenpo Pema Wangdak, Robert Thurman, and Dakpa Gyatso.