Amanda Mackay

Intern

I was born just over the hill from Mission Springs in Santa Clara, CA and spent the first 13 years of my life there before moving to Sacramento, CA. I fell in love with this area because I grew up going to the beach in the summer, cutting down Christmas trees every year in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and going to Outdoor Ed as a student at Mission Springs.

I started working at the Conference Center in the summer of 2005 as a part of the Retail team, and came back the next summer as the Assistant Manager of Retail. After graduating from Biola University in May, earning a Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Management Information Systems and minors in Bible and Kinesiology, I came back for a third summer in the office before being hired to stay all year as an intern!

My supportive family is comprised of my mom, dad, dog, and cat in Sacramento, my older sister, her husband and two kids in Missouri, and my older brother, his wife, and their four kids in Georgia. I love bonfires on the beach, hanging out with friends, curling up in front of the fire with a good book, and I’m learning photography and how to surf.