About Anna

Thank you for visiting my 09.09.09 B9- Berger’s Birthday Bash Benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation website.

In the past year, I have taken a step back to seriously evaluate my life. With each passing day and as people pass in and out of my life, I realize that it’s not just a cliché, that life truly is short and that we really should live life to its fullest. As my 30th birthday approached, I decided to celebrate by doing something big and special. Not only was I embracing the motto “live life to its fullest” by traveling 30 trips before 30 (between my 29th and 30th birthdays) to visit friends and family, but I decided that my actual birthday celebration should be dedicated to a good cause. Planning events as my career, I thought what better way than to plan a benefit for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation! This was also a special way to one: honor two special ladies and breast cancer survivors, Peggy Simpson and Jane Brinker, who my life has been blessed by our paths crossing and two, to help out my friend, Lucretia Gilbert, who works so hard and selflessly at this wonderful nonprofit organization, BCRF.

I hope that this event is fun for all those who attend, but most importantly, that it raises a lot of money for a great cause. Please check out the About Jane and About Peggy links to find out a little more about these two special survivors and to see why donating to breast cancer research is so important. This is about their story, their struggle, but ultimately their survival. This is to help people realize that the money you/they are giving to research is crucial so that maybe one day we can realize a reality where women won’t have to experience the struggles that Jane and Peggy went through.

And in case you were interested, here is a little more about me…

As I look back on my first thirty years, this is how I view my life in a nutshell. I had spent most of my childhood in Virginia Beach before traveling to Orlando, FL. When I graduated from the University of Central Florida, I followed a dream and moved up to NYC. Two years of "making it there" led me to believe I could "make it anywhere", so I packed my bags and moved to Australia with a close friend from college. Working and having fun in the Land Down Under was an experience of a lifetime, but I soon returned to the real world in NYC.

After working and finishing my master's degree at NYU, I took a few months off and traveled all over the US. Traveling is my passion (studied in Spain, Ireland, England, Brazil, and 30 trips before 30 adventure). Now I have returned once again to the real world and begun working at Columbia University Business School helping with programming and events for the Social Enterprise Program (non-profit management, sustainability, etc.). I am just trying to live my life on a path with no regrets with family and good friends by my side- hoping to somehow make a difference even if it’s in the life of just one person and praying that happiness will follow me wherever I may go...

Thank you for reading and for your support!