Annabelle Mackenzie grew up in Birmingham, England, and is a dual national of France and the UK and has two children. She earned her IBCLC in 2017 and currently works as an IBCLC serving the USAF hospital at RAF Lakenheath. She formerly worked in Suffolk as the Infant Feeding Coordinator at Suffolk County Council’s Health and Children Centres, where she led the county’s UNICEF UK Baby Friendly accreditation initiative.