Growing up in Los Angeles made Julie Anne recognise early in life that transport and urban design have a profound impact on the way we live.

She graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA and studied Politics at the prestigious Sciences Po Paris, before moving to New Zealand as a scholar at the University of Auckland, where she gained a Masters of Planning Practice with First Class Honours.  She went on to work as a transport consultant at some of New Zealand's leading firms, undertaking ground-breaking research in transport economics and urban design.

Julie Anne has been an MP for the Green Party of New Zealand since 2011.