Amy has served in full-time ministry since 2001, beginning on staff at a church just outside Detroit, Michigan, where she was born and raised. In 2003, she moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, as part of a church planting team.

Everything changed during a trip to Russia in 2005. As Amy walked through orphanage after orphanage, one thought kept echoing in her heart: "This could have been me. I don't know why it wasn't, but if it had been, how desperately would I want someone to be my voice—to tell people I exist and show them how they could help?" That experience forever shaped the direction of her life and ministry. Proverbs 31:8 became her life verse: "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves..."

Over the following years, Amy returned to Russia multiple times, leading teams to serve in two of the orphanages she had first visited. Eventually, however, God redirected her passion toward vulnerable children much closer to home—children in the U.S. foster care system. While she saw churches across the country being equipped to care for foster families, she realized there was very little happening in Utah.

In 2013, Amy founded For the Orphan Network, a ministry dedicated to mobilizing churches to care for vulnerable children and families. Her vision has always been simple: everyone can do something. Whether fostering, adopting, mentoring, providing meals, offering respite care, or supporting families in practical ways, every person has a role to play in changing a child's story.

Over more than a decade of ministry, churches across Utah have become increasingly engaged in foster care. Foster and adoptive families have been supported and strengthened, children have found permanent families, and countless volunteers have discovered meaningful ways to serve those on the front lines. The ministry has helped cultivate a growing culture of compassion, where the Church comes alongside vulnerable children and the families who care for them.

In 2026, the ministry entered a new chapter with a new name: Foster Their Story. While the mission remains the same, the vision continues to grow—expanding opportunities for churches to serve throughout the child welfare system, including caring for caseworkers, supporting biological families in crisis, and walking alongside youth who are aging out of foster care.

In addition to her ministry leadership, Amy combines her passion for storytelling with her background in video production to amplify the voices of children and families whose stories often go unheard. Through short documentary-style films, she helps bring awareness to the realities of foster care while inspiring others to become part of the solution. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Digital Storytelling at Asbury University.