Meet Our Board

Amanda Skalland

Secretary

Ms. Skalland is an early childhood special education teacher in one of the Twin Cities public schools. She has been teaching for 16 years, primarily working with families and their young children through early intervention services. She has a passion towards helping families advocate for their needs so they can make informed decisions. Amanda double majored at the University of Minnesota with degrees in child psychology and early childhood special education and then went on to receive her Master’s in Education. She grew up in a small town in South Dakota and now lives in Minnetrista on a lake with her family. She and her husband have one daughter, who unexpectedly decided to enter this world at 28 weeks, weighing 1 pound, 13 ounces in 2016. The Skalland family spent 80 emotional days in the North Memorial - Robbinsdale NICU where Amanda experienced another side of early intervention and how to best support families.

AMANDA@NEONATALFOUNDATION.ORG