Amanda has worked for over a decade in nonprofit administration and project management. She enjoys strategic planning and well-oiled infrastructure, and she spends her days with cat familiar Countess Olenska. (Leni for short so she is not confused with Edith Wharton’s character from The Age of Innocence.)
When she’s not working, you can find her summoning the courage to enact hope and fighting with spirit for all we know is true and beautiful in the world while usually trying to dance her spine back into place and singing along with Fool’s Weather.
Education
BA in English & Creative Writing from New York University, MFA in Poetry Brooklyn College from City University of New York
- Superpowers
Deer ears, cow eyes, truffle pig nose, and poetic musicality
- Past Employers
- The Ecology Center, Gluckman Tang Architects, Brooklyn College, Center for Book Arts, Abbeville Press, PEN America, Henry Street Settlement
- Zombie Apocalypse Survival Timeline
- Six months
- Pets
- 1 cat
Weapons
Metaphor
Skills
Altar-building, Fool-making, Generational curse-breaking