Amy received her B.A. in global economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. After graduation, she served as an AmeriCorps Farm to School Nutrition Educator and Liaison in six Madison Metropolitan Elementary Schools. She then followed her desire to be more hands-on in the classroom and moved to northwest Detroit, MI to teach the 5th grade. In college, she participated in the Ethiopian Medical Services Project in the School of Medicine and Public Health’s Department of Surgery.
Field placement: Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Policy placement: National Farm to School Network
Washington, D.C.