Ann has lived in Las Vegas since 1977 and began her career in the real estate field, then hospitality and later in interior design. In 1987, Ann created Parenti & Associates, a firm that provides design products to the architectural and design trade and she still operates that business today. In addition to this, in 2007 Ann followed a passion she had for music and art and created Forgotten Song Music, LLC. Also being a singer/songwriter, in 2007 she produced a CD called As Promised. During the journey, in 2015 a project Midnight Muse – Las Vegas – Milestones in Music was born. That project included a book, CD and film based on the last 50 years of live music in Las Vegas. In 2015, Forgotten Song Foundation, Inc. was also created. This is a 501c3 organization dedicated to supporting music and arts. In 2019, Forgotten Song Music co-produced a CD called Las Vegas Suite in collaboration with Nathan Tanouye, Clint Holmes, Carolyn Freeman and Rob Case. Then in 2018, the magazine Chic Compass was published under the Forgotten Song Music umbrella. In 2020, the Podcast Chic Compass Connection launched with Jamie Hosmer and Amy Crosley to give the magazine a voice.