Annie Harper is a social anthropologist who studies poverty, finances and mental illness. She is an Associate Research Scientist, and Director of the NIMH-funded Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) Financial Health project, which is exploring ways to help low-income people with mental illness with their finances. Annie worked for many years in international development, mostly in South Asia and Southern Africa, focusing on finances, poverty and women’s empowerment. She lives in New Haven with her husband and three children.