Amanda Miller Littlejohn has more than 18 years of journalism, public relations, and coaching experience. As the founder of Package Your Genius Academy, she works as an executive coach and executive storyteller helping brilliant minds of color get their life-changing ideas into the world. Miller Littlejohn started her career as a staff writer at the Washington City Paper before becoming a freelance reporter. Her articles on rest and burnout have appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and in her regular column for Forbes. She’s working on a book on burnout and rest, slated to be released in fall 2024. She received dual degrees in English and history from Howard University before participating in a postgraduate journalism fellowship in long-form narrative nonfiction reporting at Northwestern University’s Medill School in partnership with the Association for Alternative Journalism.