Amanda has devoted her career to racial and gender justice through capacity building, political education, and civic engagement. She is co-founder of the WomanHOOD Project, a youth-led after-school mentorship program for girls of color in her hometown of the Bronx. Amanda also helped create New York City Council’s Young Women’s Initiative in partnership with Girls for Gender Equity and served as Manager of Community Organizing at Planned Parenthood of New York City. Amanda received her BA in Race & Ethnicity Studies from Columbia University and is currently a Master in Public Policy candidate and Sheila C. Johnson Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.