Ann Pratt is an AmeriCorps*VISTA Member who is working on The HOPES Center, which will be located in downtown Racine, Wisconsin and will work to alleviate poverty. Ann has a thirty-year history of working in various aspects of the social service delivery system. She was most recently employed at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay as a Consultant to the Social Work Department. Ann has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. She also holds a Masters Degree in Moral Theology from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, Illinois where she was a Cardinal Bernardin Scholar. Ann came to Racine following her completion of a Fellowship at Catholic Charities, USA in Washington, D.C.

