Amanda is a public speaker, activist, and advocate in the areas of atheism, mental health, intimate partner violence/sexual assault, and women’s rights. She has served on the board of directors for multiple freethought groups and as a state director for American Atheists. Amanda’s speaking engagements include the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s National Convention, Skepticon, the South Dakota Conference of Reason, SkepDakota, and the Minnehaha County Democratic Forum. Amanda has also presented at several South Dakota universities and schools. Amanda’s educational background is in psychology, with a special interest and focus on schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. When Amanda isn’t out doing all the activist things, she can be found hanging out with her dogs, playing baritone saxophone, doing something extraordinarily nerdy and Harry Potter related, watching NASCAR, or attempting to write.