After earning a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability in 2001, Amanda worked with the nationally recognized firm Design Workshop for eight years as an urban planner, landscape designer, and graphic designer with extensive experience in project management. She is a LEED Accredited Professional and a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Practicing now as a graphic designer full time, her specialties include print work (brochures, postcards, posters, and environmental graphic design), animated graphics, branding and identity, and digital/analog architectural illustration.