A published author, Anna has written Raising a Family Overseas: Building Connection With Your Family And Host Culture During Transition (2023) and Sam’s Roommate Disaster (2024), a middle-grade TCK novel focused on boarding school life and friendship. She is an experienced guest speaker on expat family health and TCK advocacy, contributing to podcasts, radio shows, television, mission training institutions, and is a writer for A Life Overseas. 

Anna's background in education includes the public and private sectors in the U.S. and abroad as well as homeschooling. She served as Chair of the World Languages Department and co-developed homeschool cooperatives in Lesotho and South Africa. Her teaching achievements include annually guiding students at Cedar Falls High School to regional and national recognition through the National French Exam. Anna’s expertise in education has driven the development of cross-cultural training programs, pre-field training for global workers, accredited job skills training in South Africa, onboarding intensives for mission teams, and an after-school program for at-risk youth.

As a certified family and TCK debriefer, Anna’s experience has come full circle, joining TCK Training to help global workers cultivate healthy family life and service in their international assignments. Having grown up in Quebec and Cameroon and being married to a TCK from D.R. Congo, Anna valued the both challenges and the richness of raising her own two children cross-culturally in Lesotho and South Africa, where she has lived since 2013. Her extensive international experience as a TCK and global worker, paired with a Bachelor of Secondary French Teaching from the University of Northern Iowa and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Liberty University Concordia, equips her to offer valuable insights and specialized training.

Over the past five years, Elizabeth has conducted independent studies and field research on emotional processing and trauma-informed leadership. Her work includes leading workplace trauma debriefs and analyzing insights from a comprehensive survey of 260 respondents on the erosion of psychological safety in the workplace. This research informs her frameworks and strategies for helping leaders foster trust and resilience within their teams.

Elizabeth is the author of "The Practice of Processing" and the newly released "Trauma-Informed Leadership: Navigating through trauma and triggers to build resilient and successful teams." In addition to writing, Elizabeth is an international keynote speaker, presenting on topics of psychological safety and emotional processing.

Having appeared on numerous podcasts and blogs, Elizabeth is dedicated to spreading awareness about trauma-informed practices and the vital importance of processing, including the transformative impact on leaders, teams, and families. When not working, Elizabeth travels full-time with her husband and two children, exploring the world, 27 countries and counting.

Elizabeth works primarily with leaders and aspiring leaders, empowering them to navigate workplace challenges and build psychologically safe environments. With a unique blend of practical experience, research-backed insights, and a global perspective, Elizabeth helps transform leadership practices to create resilient, engaged teams.