Photo Credit: Maxim Ryazansky
Manda received a Master of Science in Arts Administration from Drexel University. Her thesis research explored the role of art in the global climate change movement through artist and scientist interviews across the United States and Europe. Research included the need, barriers, artist/scientist relationship, funding, and impact of art that addresses climate change.
She also holds a BFA in Painting, with a minor in Art History, from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University and a BS in Ecology & Evolution, with a minor in Evolutionary Anthropology, from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University.
Manda is the Grants Administration Manager at the Arts Institute of Middlesex County, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey.