A native of Sandpoint, and daughter of the former mayor, Ann spent the last decade or so in Minnesota studying math at Concordia College, Moorhead and then in California teaching math, studying graphic design at Brooks Institute, and then practicing accounting skills at a nut factory. Almost two years ago, she returned to her hometown and since late 2010 has been the bookkeeper, office manager, HR person and everything-doer for PLAYXPERT and MetaXpert. She credits her work with PLAXYPERT and gamerDNA for getting her to play more video games in the last year than in the rest of her life combined.