Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA directs MCN’s comprehensive environmental and occupational health (EOH) program which aims to reduce risks associated with environmental and occupational hazards by improving clinical knowledge and practice. Through the EOH program, Amy maintains a number of important partnerships with community based organizations, Migrant and Community Health Centers and national and regional groups addressing environment and occupational health and agricultural health and safety. Her efforts include several projects on the US–Mexico Border.

Amy also coordinates Bienvenidos a Delmarva, a regional network based in her home state of Maryland that provides technical assistance and support to service providers working with immigrants on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Prior to her current position, she was the Director of Outreach and Policy for the Center for Environmental Resource Management in El Paso, Texas, where she directed several programs on both sides of the US–Mexico Border. Her most noted program was Agua Para Beber or Water to Drink, a community–based hygiene education program that reached thousands of families living without water through promotoras de salud. It was awarded the 2000 Texas Environmental Excellence Award. In addition, she was principal investigator for several EPA–funded programs dealing with environmental justice and environmental health education. She has authored articles, bilingual training manuals and other educational materials that deal with pesticides, water and sanitation and other environmental health issues.

Amy received her Masters in Public Policy and her Masters of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin where she specialized in health in developing countries.

Amy enjoys traveling and has spent time in Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile and Europe. She also loves to spend time with husband and two children. Together they spend a lot of time outdoors. Amy coordinates a Community Supported Agriculture and helps organize a fund for low–income people to access fresh, local produce. She and her family live in a passive solar house and are passionate about heating/cooling using the sun.