About Me

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About: Hi! My name is Annie Henson, I am in my third year at UT and I’m majoring in Nutrition and Public Health. I grew up in Houston, TX in a loving home with my five siblings.

My family is a big, rambunctious, and every one of us is totally unique. Growing up in such a mixed bunch taught me to appreciate and embrace life’s quirks. There isn't a place much quirkier than Austin. I try my very best to take full advantage of this amazing city and great school. I have joined Texas Lonestars and Food Studies Project, became a volunteer at Dell Children’s, studied abroad in South Africa, worked for an amazing Austin author, Georgia Pellegrini, and local entomophagy start-up, Aspire, and I recently finished my second Austin Half Marathon!

Why I Ride

I ride for my namesake, my Gran-Gran, Ann Barr. She was one of the strongest, most graceful, and truly most loving people that I’ve ever come to know. She was diagnosed with cancer in October 2013 and passed on just a month later. The amount of love and joy she held in her heart still astounds me. Every Christmas the whole family would fill her home with chaos, and crumbs, and she welcomed it all with open arms, and big hugs. Though her hugs may be missing now, her love and presence still linger.
I ride to honor her name and to celebrate my Gran-Gran.


I also ride because I still can. I ride because I have been blessed with good health and strength. I ride because these things are so easily taken for granted, and so quickly taken by cancer. I ride for all those who can’t ride for themselves. I ride because cancer sucks.