Amanda Achtman was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, with mountains, cowboys, and entrepreneurs for inspiration. She studied liberal arts and political theory in her hometown. After making a viral political parody video, she moved to Toronto to do a mix of journalism, crowdfunding, and advocacy in defense of Canadians' fundamental freedoms.

Living the alternation between action and contemplation, she then went to Poland to pursue a master's degree in John Paul II Philosophical Studies. Upon returning to Canada, she served as the senior advisor to a member of parliament working to prevent the expansion of euthanasia to persons living with a disability or mental illness

Amanda then lived in Rome where she studied the resurrection of the dead throughout Jewish tradition in a Licentiate Program in Judaic Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations offered by the Pontifical Gregorian University.

She works with Canadian Physicians for Life on ethics education, teaches a Bioethics course for St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, and is a contributing writer at Public Discourse.

She was a 2023-2024 NextGEN Fellow at Cardus and a 2023-2024 Krauthammer Fellow at the Tikvah Fund. This year, she is a 2025-2026 recipient of the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Holocaust Educators Scholarship.

Amanda Achtman is the founder of Dying to Meet You, a project of cultural renewal to prevent euthanasia and encourage hope.

Find Amanda on: X/Twitter @AmandaAchtman, Instagram @AmandaAchtman, and Facebook.com/Achtman.

“I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism.”

– Gabriel Marcel