Amanda Shi, MPH, MPA

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION MANAGER

Amanda is a public health practitioner, researcher and designer passionate about working in community to center innovation and imagination for health and wellbeing. Her experiences focus on working on research & evaluation with a variety of stakeholder groups, as a policy advocate for youth & young adult mental health, as a reviewer for research bodies like PCORI, and in frontline service positions as a community health worker. She first joined Tubman Health as a Community Health Fellow sponsored by the American Public Health Association & Kaiser Permanente. She holds an MPH in Health Policy & Systems at the School of Public Health and a MPA at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington.

Superpower: I can nap anywhere, anytime.

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Kryptonite: Dim Sum!!
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Known on the streets for: Tearing both of my Achilles :P

When not at work: Playing soccer, doing yoga, in the air with aerial silks, eating yummy things, being in the great outdoors!

I identify as: She/her, the daughter of immigrants, a lifelong learner

I dedicate my work at the Tubman Center for Health & Freedom to…: My baba and my partner Ni, who keep my grounded in the work every day & to all those who are individually persevering and supporting their loved ones with mental health concerns.