Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Amanda started singing as a bona fide hobby when the music teacher chose her to do a solo in front of the whole school at the tender age of six. That performance was followed up with an imitation of JEM and the Rockers for her second grade music performance (diagonal haircut included).

The choirs and ensembles continued through high school, but it wasn't until college that she became a true contemporary a cappella fanatic. At Hamilton College Amanda was a member and musical director of the schools oldest all-female a cappella group Special K. After graduation she moved to rural Japan for 4 years where she founded, trained and performed with an award-winning international a cappella group called the Amigos. In 2006, Amanda became a founding member of the CARA nominated Contemporary A Cappella League group Euphonism, with whom she is currently a director, manager and performer. In 2008, she founded Snowday, a professional quintet that provides contemporary music education assemblies for schools in the Mid-Atlantic area.  She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for CASA, supporting the Contemporary A Cappella League among other projects and is a CARA nominator and judge.

When she's not singing random back up parts along with the radio or putting the stereo on repeat to help with the latest arrangement project, Amanda enjoys swimming, skiing, cooking, and disguising her Philly accent.  She, her husband and son Ethan enjoy traveling on what is now dubbed the "tour de a cappella" as a majority of the travel Amanda suggests is now centered around an a cappella event.