Amanda is currently finishing up her senior year at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in hopes of attaining her BA in Culture and Deviant studies. Amanda shows interest in research and evaluation. She is passionate about helping people and plans to dedicate her life to the cause. She plans to help assist families who suffer from drug use, abuse, and conflict as a career goal post-graduation. Her experience includes nursing, counseling, management, and field study research. Amanda was an avid volunteer in the Fanteca Project held last fall 2017; where she and other students from her university interviewed heroin users in New York City's South Bronx for research. Amanda continues to want to help individuals with the heroin epidemic. With hopes of educating others about what serious concerns arise from her and her peer's findings.