BOLD Pittsburgh Volume 0 | Page 5

The Creators Amanda Narcisi Amanda is a Pittsburgh native who graduated from Avonworth High School and spent her life growing up in the North Boroughs. She spent most of her free time in school making art and working in restaurants. After high school she attended Art Institute of Pittsburgh studying Graphic Design. After her associate degree she worked in an art department doing layout for a screen-printing company. After six months Art Institute started it’s bachelor program and she was asked if she wanted to come back to school. She accepted and graduated in 2001 with a BA in Science. She proceeded into another factory job and eventually decided to go back to restaurants after leaving the art jobs for what she thought was for good. After marrying and having her first baby she moved to Massachusetts and after a few years found a new passion in Social Media Marketing. She worked on projects like Social Media New Hampshire and Podcamp New Hampshire. She got back into designing and even learned how to design websites on her own. This led to a few jobs and eventually she found herself doing freelance. Podcamp had drawn back her passion for writing, which she hadn’t touched since high school. Amanda Blogged for a few different projects and started her own as an outlet for what ever she was working on. It didn’t have a real clear focus, just a place to talk. After 7 years in Massachusetts she decided to leave her entire life to move back to Pittsburgh. She separated from her husband and transferred jobs. She started her life over at 33. A year has gone by that she has been home. Since then she attended 2 more Podcamp. She has found new friends and even a new love when she reconnected with an old boyfriend who became a current boyfriend. She currently lives in Dormont with him. She still works in Starbucks at night and during the day she designs signs. She is currently working on more designing as a freelance designer, painter, illustrator and launching Pittsburgh’s lifestyle magazine BOLD Pittsburgh.