Ann Carr is a long time member of the Maryknoll Affiliate movement.  She has served as part of the Maryknoll Border Project team in El Paso, Texas-Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, has participated in several short term mission encounters in Central and South America and has twice served on the Maryknoll Affiliate leadership board.  Her undergraduate work at Bucknell University was in Religious Studies and she completed a thesis in spirituality and the theology of liberation.  Currently, she works as a pediatrician in Philadelphia, PA with children with special health care needs.  She also works part time with the team at a children’s home in Macuelizo Honduras.  Her areas of interest include liberation theology, the integration of contemplation and mission, evolutionary consciousness theology and trauma informed care for children.