Anne Hand is a writer and global education expert whose work bridges personal history and social change. Born in New York she has divided her time between Massachusetts and Mexico City, exploring what it means to belong across borders. Her debut memoir, Austrian Again, traces her journey through Austria’s citizenship process for descendants of Holocaust refugees and the unexpected rediscovery of her family’s hidden past. With empathy and curiosity, Anne reflects on identity, memory, and the legacies we inherit. A graduate of Harvard University, she has devoted her career to advancing equity and opportunity through education and technology around the world. Today we take a deeper, more intimate look at her book “Austrian Again”,Reclaiming a Lost Legacy” is a homecoming, a joyful tribute to the power of belonging. This book is a much-needed reminder for all us who are immigrants, for those of us who seek to know the truth, a truth that sometimes changes our own theories, in that, truly is no place like home.
