For most of her life, Amanda grew up surrounded by corn fields and dairy farms in rural Pennsylvania, about 30 minutes from Gettysburg. However, she recently relocated with her family to the backwoods of West Virginia after her super cute nephew was born. Amanda attended Elizabethtown College where she majored in Biochemistry. After college, she moved to Hershey, PA to begin her medical training at the Penn State College of Medicine. Highlights of her time in medical school included a trip to Iquitos, Peru as a Global Health Scholar (fortunately, she only saw one tarantula—it was no longer living), forming a band with a few other medical students, developing a passion for education and obtaining her M.Ed. degree, and meeting a wonderful group of friends who would cruise down rivers on their inflatable kayaks.

For fun, Amanda likes to hike, kayak, watch the Philadelphia Eagles when they are winning, listen to and play funk music on her bass guitar, drum set, or keyboard, and spend time with her friends and family (mostly her super cute nephew).