Amanda’s mission is to prevent housing discrimination and promote equity. Amanda takes in housing discrimination complaints, conducts investigations, and engages in mediation between landlords/tenants or buyers/lenders. Before joining the City of Albany, Amanda served as a paralegal for the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, where she launched a pilot program to help individuals living with HIV/AIDS learn about their benefits, and conducted advocacy to help people apply and recertify for SNAP benefits. “Consistently throughout my career, my mission has been to help people” Amanda says. Outside of work, Amanda enjoys reading, crocheting, watercolors, cooking, and spending time with her daughter and her three cats.