When We Listen and Engage, We Begin to See Change
We all sat around the table, having met each other only moments before. There were 14 of us from states
She is passionate about helping organizations rethink mental health. Her focus lives at the intersection of clinical practice, digital storytelling, and creative tools that shift systems. She has delivered over 150 keynotes since age 18 and produced 100+ short films for clients including Stanford Medicine, Columbia Psychiatry, and Fortune 200 companies. Her films have been featured in stigma reduction research studies, and she has co-authored academic publications with Harvard and Columbia University. She has served on Google’s Mental Health Advisory Panel and was the youngest board member of NAMI, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health nonprofit.
For me, it began my freshman year of college, when I experienced a crisis and spent three months cycling between ICU, inpatient, and outpatient services. I learned how the system works from the inside-out.
At one of my lowest points, a thoughtful nurse handed me a box of crayons. That small act reminded me that creativity and kindness could still exist inside pain. It changed the course of my life.
Since then, I’ve made it my mission to create more moments like that — developing tools and films that help people think outside the box about mental health and connect creativity with care.
I help organizations rethink mental health — replacing silence, stigma, and surface-level solutions with clarity, creativity, and real conversation.
Creating innovative digital storytelling that translates complex mental health issues into tools that elevate clinical practice and systems-level thinking.
Creating innovative digital storytelling that translates complex mental health issues into tools that elevate clinical practice and systems-level thinking.
Creating innovative digital storytelling that translates complex mental health issues into tools that elevate clinical practice and systems-level thinking.
Creating innovative digital storytelling that translates complex mental health issues into tools that elevate clinical practice and systems-level thinking.
Creating innovative digital storytelling that translates complex mental health issues into tools that elevate clinical practice and systems-level thinking.
Creating innovative digital storytelling that translates complex mental health issues into tools that elevate clinical practice and systems-level thinking.
Amanda works with select organizations and fellow consultants to support research, strategy, and behind-the-scenes work on complex mental health initiatives.
Amanda works with select organizations and fellow consultants to support research, strategy, and behind-the-scenes work on complex mental health initiatives.
We investigated whether with disruptions in care due to the COVID-19 pandemic, persons who self-identified as living with a mental health condition increased their usage of an online peer support community.
We demonstrated the efficacy of 90-second video interventions in reducing stigma, suggesting their potential utility to increase the likelihood of seeking services and ultimately may improve access to care among young individuals with psychosis.
ReBuilding Butte is a story about tiny homes for California fire survivors. It’s on global tour with Wild & Scenic Film Festival visiting over 180 events globally to raise awareness and funds for grassroots environmental causes.
Meet Natalie – a rock climber and educator in wilderness medicine. Natalie talks about the role of fear in how we make decisions, and how climbing is like a metaphor for that – committing to a process, that it’s okay to be afraid, and it’s more about how we interpret the fear and how it’s giving us information.
Amanda’s workshop shares examples and utilities for how films and comic books can be used in psychosis treatment programs, digital advertising, and research.
We all sat around the table, having met each other only moments before. There were 14 of us from states
About one in five US adults cannot afford the mental healthcare they need, a grim reality exacerbated by COVID-19 and
When I first heard about the tiny home building project to help California fire survivors, I signed up to volunteer
Drew was studying media and film at Bronx Community College when he first experienced the symptoms. He was hearing things