Amanda Wallace Trujillo was born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Belen, New Mexico. She earned a degree in Mortuary Science from Arapahoe College in Colorado and has been working in the funeral profession for 10 years.

Amanda volunteers at the Children's Grief Center as a Teen Bereavement Facilitator. In her down time she enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, playing both video and board games with her family as well as singing in a women's barbershop chorus.