Amanda is the premier intimacy coordinator in Los Angeles and the founder of Intimacy Professionals Association (IPA). She is a Los Angeles native and comes from a family of filmmakers. Prior to her career as an intimacy coordinator, she worked as a sex and relationship coach with private clients. Amanda has been actively involved with advocacy work related to sexuality since college, serving in leadership positions in groups such as Advocates for Survivors of Sexual Assault and Sex Positive Los Angeles. As a member of these groups she has led workshops on LGBTQIA+ issues, consent, kink, and many other topics. She graduated from the University of Southern California School of Gerontology with a degree in Human Development and Aging. Through Intimacy Professionals Association she trains intimacy coordinators. She is also a licensed talent agent and connects productions with intimacy coordinators as well as consultants who are experts on topics related to gender and sexuality. She is a member of the Time's Up Safety Working Group and contributed to the Time's Up Guide to Working in Entertainment, and was a primary contributor to the SAG-AFTRA Standards and Protocols guidelines for intimacy coordinators.