Amanda was born and raised in South Jersey. And although she did not come out of the womb fist pumping, she did come out of the womb singing the Philadelphia Eagles fight song. She spent most of her young life on the stage singing and dancing and performing in musical theatre troupes, while also developing a love for running and swimming. Upon graduating high school, she packed her bags and set off for the sunshine state, spending the next 4.5 glorious years of her life at The Florida State University. She was delighted to learn yet another football fight song to sing that concluded with the spelling out of her beloved team’s name. Despite the fact that she worked hard to keep FSU at its rank in the top 10 party schools in the nation, she also graduated with honors earning a BS in both Rehabilitation Counseling Services and Rehabilitative, Exercise and Allied Health Sciences. It was at Florida State that she discovered rugby and triathlons, amongst many other things, and fell very much in love with both. While in college Amanda continued to dance, competed competitively in local sprint triathlons, played rugby for FSU, the South Women’s Territorial Squad, the USA U23 developmental squad and Orlando Women’s Rugby team. After completing college, she moved down to the Happiest place on earth to be able to practice and spend time with her teammates from Orlando as well as continuing to play there for two more seasons before moving back north a year ago. Currently, she works with children on the autism spectrum as a Behavioral Therapist, loves her job, and is going to school for the mastery of Occupational Therapy. She still enjoys running and performing, as well as playing rugby (with the G.L.O.K.) , NFL football (Go Birds!), the Phils, Seminole football and baseball, and now Crossfit. Some fun facts: her favorite color is pink or anything day glo, her favorite outfit is a mini dress or anything sequenced or animal print, her favorite song to dance to is “SHOUT” (although, she certainly can teach you how to dougie), she has actually spent quite a bit of time at band camp in her life, and was once hit by a truck while riding her bicycle. She loves good company and hopes everyone is having a wonderful evening!!
