Amanda is a student at Indian River State College working towards her degree in Music Performance and Education and has been a member of the First Presbyterian Symphony Orchestra since 2016. She began studying music at the age of 7 and plays the violin, guitar, and piano.

Amanda has performed with local orchestras from the beginning of her musical journey including: the Indian River Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Storm Grove Symphony Orchestra, the Vero Beach High School Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras, the Treasure Coast Symphony Orchestra, and the Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra. She has participated in the Mike Block String Camp for two seasons, the Vero Beach ChamberFest, and the Florida State University guitar program as well as several music competitions at the local and state level.

She was chosen to perform with the Florida MS Honors Orchestra under the direction of Elliot Del Borgo and participated in the American Celebration of Music in Austria, the Disney Music Festival, and the Florida Atlantic University Side-by-Side Festival as a high school honor student. She continues to study privately under Matthew Stott, Suzy Reiser, and Brian Fox and hopes to pass on all that she has learned from her many teachers and directors.