About the Author
Anne Frances Buchanan attended the University
of Michigan, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Equine Reproductive
Endocrinology through the individualized concentration program
offered in the Residential College.
At the University of Kentucky, she was a Pre-Doctoral
Fellow at the Gluck EquineResearch Center. She then realized
her "calling" and obtained a Masters with Initial Certification
in Education. Currently, Anne is in her 8th year at Paul Laurence Dunbar
High School in Lexington, KY.
Anne has been the recipient of the Apollo
Education Foundation Lesson Plan Award, is an Access Excellence
Fellow, was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Researcher
and has been nominated for numerous other teaching awards. She
is a member of the Kentucky Writing Program Advisory Committee
and has played an integral role in the writing of her school's
transformation plan.
Anne lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her
husband Jeff and her three cats. She is an avid horseback rider,
owns a National Showhorse filly, and has actively shown American
Saddlebreds. She also enjoys ice skating and even has a few
double jumps in her repertoire!
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