Stanec

Amanda Stanec, PhD, is founder of Move + Live + Learn. Dr. Stanec has published more than fifty articles, co-authored several book chapters, and led many resource and curriculum projects in physical education and sport.

She has served asa board member for Physical & Health Education Canada, Wrestle Like a Girl, and the Black Wrestlers Association. Past clients include the International Olympic Committee, True Sport, the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation, Wrestling Canada, USA Wrestling, and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations.

Stanec was a student-athlete at St. Francis Xavier University in her native Nova Scotia. She then earned her master's from Virginia Commonwealth University and completed a PhD at the University of Virginia, where her scholarship was recognized when she was named outstanding doctoral student.

Stanec and her husband are the proud parents of three daughters. When not shuttling their kids to sports or coaching them, they enjoy mountain biking, surfing, and snowboarding as a family.