Amy graduated from The Philadelphia College of Art in 1985, earning a BFA in Graphic Design. Other academic accolades are that she had been a student at Harvard University's Architectual Studies curriculum. She was invited, while in Boston, to learn computer graphics at a local NBC affilate, which she gladly embraced. There, she learned computer graphics animation for television and post production. In 1991, Amy moved to Seattle to become Art Director and animator for the local Fox affiliate. Seven years later, she took a position as Art director for the NBC affiliate in Seattle. In 2004, she re-located to the San Francisco Bay area to pursue her career in fine art. Her fine art has been exhibited and received from east to west coast, as well as in Canada and Australia. She has earned nine Emmy nominations, 'Best of Show' for San Jose's Tapestry Art Festival, First Place for John Muir's Exhibit, a Broadcast Designer's Association Gold Medallion Award for print design, and four Broadcast Designer's Association Awards for television graphics. Amy has been honored to co-chair The ArtsWest Artist Association, in Seattle, and is currently Artist Rotation Co-ordinator for Las Juntas Artists, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and an member of Arts Benicia, in the Bay Area, as well. Her paintings reflect her passion for movement, love of color, texture, and form.