Amanda holds an Advanced Diploma and Certificates III and IV in Children’s Services. She grew up at Taree in the New South Wales Manning Valley where she began her teaching career. Amanda taught all ages in the Early Years Framework. After seven years’ experience, she was responsible for setting up a childcare centre for a Sydney company where she worked as a contact director for a year before marrying and moving to the Gold Coast. Amanda worked at Imagine Education for four years before taking up her current role at St Hilda’s School in 2013.