I loved theater and writing short stories as a child. I was always a creative and energetic child. - Amanda Lynch

This double marginalization of pregnant patients limits their autonomy and unduly exposes them to the criminal-legal system. Given disparities in prenatal drug screening, Black pregnant patients are at greater risk of such double-jeopardy.

Nearly twenty years ago, I began as a classroom teacher in Richmond, VA. Many of my students struggled due to community and domestic violence.

I am passionate about connecting children of color to yoga and mindfulness and in building healthy communities by disrupting historical trauma and poverty.