MOUNTAIN KIDS, INC.

Amanda Queen is the new director of Mountain Kids, Inc and is thrilled to serve in this new creative position. 

 

Amanda is a full time educator at Richlands High School, the American Red Cross, and the Virginia Community College System.  She is passionate about children and learning.  Amanda has been a part of the Mountain Kids vision since it's inception and is thrilled to be a creative mind in this extraordinary programming.  

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Amanda holds a B.S. from Radford University, a M.A. from Virginia Tech and an EdS and EdD-abd from East Tennessee State University as well as multiple other specialty educational credentials. Amanda is a Tazewell County resident where she lives with her husband Kelly and children.  She is an active member of the Cedar Bluff United Methodist Church and the founding member of the "In His Hands" Infant Ministry housed at CBUMC.  

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Amanda loves to spend creative time with her children, swim, enjoys music and crafts, being outside and is fascinated with American History.  

Emily Noonan began working with Mountain Kids as a high school intern in 2005. Upon leaving the organization to complete her education, she returned to the staff in 2009 as the Smart Beginnings Coordinator for Smyth and Tazewell Counties.

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In 2012, she opened the Attitude Arts Academy, a local nonprofit for children and adults, offering classes in music, art, dance, drama, martial arts, and more!  Emily serves as the Executive Director and Dance Instructor for the Attitude Arts Academy, and the Camp Director and Grant Writer for Mountain Kids, raising close to $500,000 for Mountain Kids over the past ten years.

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Emily holds a Bachelor's Degree in Public Health with a minor in International Studies and Dance Communication from East Tennessee State University, and Master's Degree in Public Health Administration from Walden University. She loves creative and performing arts, dancing, playing guitar, baking, homesteading, her family, and above, all, God.