I’m currently looking for opportunities that combine my interests in archives and preservation, ecology + environmental justice, and California natural history. Feel free to reach out — I’d love to connect!

  • Through detailed copy editing, proofreading, and fact-checking, I strengthen clarity and voice while considering diverse audiences. My editorial work helps stories reach readers responsibly, supporting understanding and connection.

  • I collect field observations and synthesize information to inform restoration and conservation efforts. I log and organize my findings on iNaturalist and eBird so they’re accessible to community members and scientists. This work forms a personal archive supporting environmental stewardship, historical ecology, and community-based restoration.

  • Together with community, I serve as a land steward with Test Plot, caring for native plants and documenting field observations to help urban landscapes thrive and preserve ecological knowledge for future projects.

  • Through film and digital, I capture the intersection of time and place and the beauty in the mundane — often focusing on the movement and stillness of nature and where landscapes and their dwellers meet.

Wildflower + pollinator plot at La Esquinita Test Plot (Dec 2025)

Amanda crouching down taking a video of a creek in the Angeles National Forest
hand holding a California Goldenrod plant upside down to showcase it's root system

Left to right: documenting a stream after historic rainfall (Angeles National Forest, Dec 2025); Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus) blooming alongside the LA River (Jan 2026); early morning at the LA River (Dec 2025); planting California Goldenrod (Solidago velutina ssp. californica) at Río de Los Ángeles Test Plot (Dec 2025); Bottom: California Scrubjay (Aphelocoma californica) enjoying a berry (Griffith Park, Jan 2026)