Anne Jarry is a member of the Board of Directors and the Cultural Access Committee of the Regroupement des Aveugles et Amblyopes du Montréal Métropolitain (RAAMM). She holds a master's degree in adult education, a 2e cycle in visual impairment rehabilitation and a BA in psychology. After losing her sight at the age of 24, she devoted her adult life to helping blind and partially sighted people cope with the world and facilitating their access to information. She held the position of Executive Director of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB Quebec) from 2001 to 2007, and then that of Professor in the 2e cycle option Intervention en déficience visuelle at the Université de Montréal School of Optometry from 2008 to 2020.