Amanda is a California girl who has an undergraduate degree in Applied Theology from California Baptist University, a Masters of Divinity and a Masters of Educational Leadership from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, a Masters in Intercultural Studies from Union University, and a Ph.D. in Theology from Gateway Seminary. She is passionate about the local church and the beautiful complexity of cultures found in our world. She has written and presented on beauty as a theological concept at both academic and popular levels.