Amanda Prathivadi

Amanda Prathivadi brings 15 years of experience in the education field to her work supporting learning communities. She began her career as a classroom educator with fifth-grade students, where she focused on managing emotions and behaviors to meet diverse learning needs. After personal experiences with medical trauma involving her daughter, Amanda shifted to out-of-school time care, directing summer camps and completing a master's degree in social emotional learning, yoga, and mindfulness. She now enters learning communities to establish trauma-informed routines and teach skills that reduce dysregulation while building relationships and a sense of belonging. Amanda has collaborated with Madison out of school time and the First T of South Central Wisconsin. In April, she launched Slim Imagination, an organization dedicated to ensuring communities create spaces where all members can show up authentically and form deep connections.