Amanda Wagner

Amanda, a native of southeastern Pennsylvania, is a 2005 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Women and Gender Studies.  She spent a semester in Sweden and another in Jamaica, where she conducted an independent study on the role of food and cooking in Jamaican women’s lives.  She has done outreach for the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program, conducted research on food consumption practices in Lancaster,Pennsylvania and worked on an organic farm in Italy.  Amanda also contributed to a community needs assessment and a report on housing and homelessness with the United Way of Lancaster County.  On campus, she was a member of Students Committed to Social Change and Oxfam.

Field placement: Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Policy placement: Community Food Security Coalition

Washington, D.C.