Amanda Garces currently volunteers with Coalición de Derechos Humanos in Tucson Arizona where she supports in a variety of ways including the design and implementation of workshops with the community, the strategic direction of the organization and the day-to-day shenanigans of the Missing Migrant Project and the Wage Theft Clinic. Amanda began working in organizing and immigrant rights in New Jersey, where she lived for more than a decade after immigrating from Colombia, and where she organized day laborers against wage theft and for human rights. Prior to becoming a mother and consultant in Tucson, Arizona, Amanda worked as the campaign coordinator for Enlace's Prison Divestment Campaign and spent six years with the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA) in Los Angeles as an organizer and administrator. At IDEPSCA, Amanda co-founded the Mobile Voices Project, or VozMob, a digital storytelling platform by and for immigrant and low-wage workers to create and disseminate stories about their lives and communities directly from cell phones. Mobile Voices was recipient of the United Nation's 2011 World Summit Award.