Anne Newman is a longtime activist and an author and speaker on legislative and policy issues. Her experience includes education director for a Texas State Board of Education member, parental rights legal assistance for a non-profit legal organization, political consulting and writing, and research for a national voter guide. As the director of the Texas Family Research Center for six years, she researched issues and published The Notebook Series, monthly reports on policy and legislation. Anne's publications include Healthy Sex Education in Your Schools: A Parent's Manual published by Focus on the Family, and two reports: High School Health Textbooks: Hazardous to Your Children's Health, and The Sex Pushers: Your Children the Target. At the 2018 Republican State Convention, she amended one of the Party’s five legislative priorities to include prohibiting Planned Parenthood in Public Schools. Anne launched Speak Up TX in 2019 to provide information and resources about current issues to parents and other Texas citizens. During the recent Texas legislative session, Anne testified at hearings and issued action alerts concerning sex education and prolife issues and children’s access to pornography in public schools. Anne has two grown children and five grandchildren. She lives with her husband in Boerne, TX.