When Amy was five years old, she saw My Fair Lady and made a decision that would inform the rest of her years... or, at least, her wardrobe: She was going to grow up to be Audrey Hepburn.

That never came to fruition.

Luckily, she had a solid plan B: to write for a living. She amassed spelling bee and poetry contest prizes as a kid, later graduating from Florida State University with an English degree and planning award-winning public service campaigns on sexual violence prevention, aging issues, and workforce inclusion for people with disabilities. Before becoming a full-time freelance writer, she worked as the editor-in-chief of two of the nation's largest senior publications and reported to the Florida Governor's Office as a cabinet agency communications director. On the side, she’s been a regional Emmy judge, served in multiple capacities on a TV production crew, and worked behind the scenes as a volunteer at NASA, helping the space program field press calls in the days leading up to a historic shuttle launch.

Freelancing commercially and creatively since 2010, Amy takes on messaging and content development projects to connect organizations to the people they serve. Her notable long-term engagements include work as a cultural analyst for Kantar, a regular contributor to a range of digital projects powered by InterContinental Hotels Group, a content developer for Marriott Bonvoy’s digital retail destination, a weekly creative living contributor for Brit + Co, a home improvement content contributor for Bob Vila, and an industry blogger for the event production mavericks at Kennedy Creative Events (now known as K.DMC). Previously, she spent several years as the contributing editor of Citygram, an immersive digital magazine focusing on Austin's local culture; the social media manager for Impact Hub Austin/The Vuka Collective, a co-working community and event space full of social innovators and global change-makers; and a writer for GM's innovation blog. 

Recent short-term projects include a trio of travel features written for USA TODAY; a series of blog content for Hotel Indigo; a variety of quick-glance travel guides on Visit the USA, the nation's official tourism website; and an ongoing series of projects for Google, including serving via EnVeritas Group as a local expert and copywriter during the development of Google Trips and refinement of Google Maps.

Progressive innovation and ingenuity are common themes found in the subjects she covers—or, as she explains it, "smart people doing cool things." She spent 2011-12 as the editor of Milkshake, covering "good finds that give back," and penned the organization’s column on conscious consumption for The Huffington Post. She spent 2012 through 2014 as the staff writer and content manager of TechStars NYC's highly-publicized alum, Moveline, and ended 2014 by preparing a series of ghostwritten launch content for Built In Austin, an online community connecting Austin's startups with future employees. In 2015-16, she contributed features and front-of-book pieces to Morgan Stanley's Mosaic magazine and completed a series of special projects for the sales teams of Wyndham Worldwide and the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau.

In the food and beverage sphere, Amy has worked with Dr Pepper Snapple Group to develop press room content, and with Tea Forté on its product descriptions, catalog copy, and hundreds of service journalism articles for its in-house content resource, Tea Notes. Her efforts in the spheres of cuisine and consumer packaged goods (CPG) also include editorial projects for L’OR, Feel Good Foods, and Chop Chop.

Other works of note include culture pieces on The Hairpin, The Collective Quarterly, DAME, SheShreds and Refinery 29; architecture posts on The Study at 1st Dibs, local culture and commerce posts for Austin's 2nd Street District blog; press materials for Hai Hospitality via Say My Name PR; and city-specific posts on the real estate websites Estately, Lilypad, Zolo and Doorsteps (powered by Move Inc., the brand behind Realtor.com). In the startup realm, Amy has ghostwritten executive articles published in major outlets and composed bios, presentations, reports, white papers and website copy for industry leaders in the realms of wellness, coworking, social entrepreneurship, travel, healthcare and transportation. Early in her freelance career, Apartment Therapy toured and shared her writing space as her lust for travel and design fed her daily contributions to a host of small lifestyle blogs. Now, she covers subject matter ranging from culture, creativity, and travel to sustainability and social innovation.

Amy has served as a creative arts instruction and events volunteer for Creative Action, a volunteer deputy voter registrar with the Travis County Clerk office, and a digital volunteer for the Smithsonian Institution Archives. For the Smithsonian, she’s worked remotely on the transcription of NASA astronaut Sally Ride’s STS-7 Challenger shuttle training notebooks and Harvard University’s Project PHaEDRA materials, which documented the night sky observations of a team of female astronomers and “human computers” around the turn of the 20th century. She’s a member of the Authors Guild, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and The Freelancers Union. Amy is currently working on a book exploring the intersection of scent and memory.