Amy graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Environmental Studies. Since then, she has held a variety of jobs, including two yeas of Ameri Corps in the PNW as a restoration technician, snowboard instructor, naturalist instructor, and severral positions with USGS and NPS as a biological science technician growing and planting natives and performing research plots. She has worked in Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks, Mesa Verde, and most recently, Mount Rainier National Park in Washington.
In her free time, Amy enjoys traveling, backpacking, hiking, Frisbee golf, cooking and eating good food, watching hockey, and hanging out with her two awesome cats.