Angie Flannery lives with her husband, Brett, and son, Evan, in Poplar Grove. As a parent of a child with autism, she wants to contribute to the success of the Superhero Center for Autism. Angie works as an academic advisor at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and has been there for two decades. She grew up in a small town and values the community that the Superhero Center and Poplar Grove provide for Evan. “Evan has been through so much in his short life, that I want to provide him with the very best I can. Evan is my number one superhero.”