Being the last but not least of the three kids Annette was born in Baltimore, MD on March 18, 1975. She was baptized in the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the oldest Basilica in the United States located in downtown Baltimore. Mieke's brother Pim and his wife were her appointed Godparents but since they were overseas and could not be present they were represented by the Seesink's neighbors and friends Sam and Judy Shaker. 
Six months after her birth her dad was transferred to New Jersey so Annette's stay in Lutherville was very short. The family had bought a house in Franklin Lakes in Bergen County but could not  move in prior to January, 1976.

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Once settled in Franklin Lakes Annette stayed at home but in 1979 she started attending nursery school in nearby Oakland. However also that did not last long because in 1980 the family moved to Blairstown.
 
She continued in Blairstown in kindergarten and in 1981 started her elementary education on the Blairstown elementary school.
She completed the 5th Grade but then in 1986 the family moved again, now across the State Line to Bangor, PA.
She had to complete the 6th Grade on the parochial school "The Immaculate Conception" in Pen Argyl where Elleke later would become a 5th Grade teacher.

In 1987 after she had finished 6th Grade she transferred to the Pius X High School in Roseto.
In 1993 she graduated and then went on to Penn State University (PSU) to study architecture.

In January 1997 she traveled to Rome to study architecture during a full semester as part of the PSU curriculum.
Meanwhile she had been accepted for an internship with a light architecture firm in Torrance, California. 
Once returned home from Rome she went on to  California where she worked there until the end of the summer. 
In September of that year she started her final year at the University.

In May 1998 she graduated from Penn State University (PSU) for her BS in architecture.

In October, 1998 she was offered a position with an architectural firm in Boston, MA which she accepted.
In February, 2000 she left the firm in Boston and joined a Lighting design company in Concord, located West of Boston.