Amanda is a sovereign Yorta Yorta woman, and a survivor of incestuous Infant sexual abuse, domestic, family and sexual violence and 16 years in the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist cult.

Amanda is a researcher at the Australian Centre for Child Protection and is part of the research team developing the National Clinical & Therapeutic Framework for Harmful Sexual Behaviours. Amanda is an advisor to the National Strategy Advisory and National Clinical Reference Groups with the National Office for Child Safety and a member of the Adult Survivor College at the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse. Amanda is also an advisor on the Expert Advisory Group to the National Anti-Racism Campaign at the Australian Human Rights Commission. 

During her undergraduate law and psychology degrees, Amanda realised that lawyers are assumed to be equipped to serve survivors of violence by virtue of having a practicing certificate, yet many law schools and colleges of law do not teach students about trauma. in 2022 Amanda was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate trauma-informed lawyering for historically underserved survivors internationally and has commenced a PhD in law. In 2023 Amanda commenced a PhD in law, and undertook the Justice as Trauma conference and Professional Development Training with Meti Cree 2 Spirit Lawyer Myrna Mccallum (both eligible for CPD points with the Law Society of British Columbia)  and is currently completed the Trauma Informed Lawyer Certification Course with the Law Society of Scotland.