Amanda Liaw

Board of Directors

Human bio: Where do you see goodness in the world? Family, friends, neighbors, and strangers have instilled a fundamental optimism in me from a young age. I see goodness in the stories I tell personally and professionally, where people try their hardest to love themselves and each other. I believe that everything we do now connects to the paths that those before us have laid, and I find hope in co-creating a little more of that path for the generations to come.

Professional bio: Amanda Liaw (she/they) is the Communications and Marketing Director at Spur Local, where she engages in storytelling and community-building to strengthen the local nonprofit and civic ecosystem. Born and raised in Singapore, Amanda holds a BA in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of Southern California, where they discovered their passion for using art and storytelling to spur narrative and cultural change. Amanda spends their spare time pole dancing, participating in collective giving with local giving circles, reading romance novels, writing in community with others, and organizing with the DC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.