As a storyteller, Amanda Florian—who is of Puerto Rican descent—is committed to sharing meaningful and dynamic stories that have an impact on audiences worldwide.
Florian grew up in the entertainment industry, training in classical Italian at the age of eight–and in musical theater and pop shortly thereafter. As a young girl, she’d frequently travel to NYC to train in theater, dance, and voice. Florian and her sisters have performed on NBC, at The Billy Graham Library, and at Seacrest Studios in Charlotte. Since 2008, she and her sisters have volunteered to perform at the Festa Italiana, an annual festival in Charlotte that raises money for people with developmental disabilities. Florian has also performed multiple times in China, nabbing second place during the semifinal round at the QQ Music, Young Music Competition in 2019.
As a filmmaker, Florian won Best Director for her work on "Red Light," a short film she produced and directed for the 48 Hour Film Project in NYC.
In 2017, she devoted a year to traveling and documenting people, venturing all over the continent of Asia, continuing her career as a freelance journalist in the years that followed. Before joining Morning Brew as a contract reporter for Morning Brew's IT Brew, Florian spent a few months at Forbes, where she worked on the first 30 Under 30 Locals list for Puerto Rico, 2023 as well as the 30 Under 30 Energy list for North America, 2024. As an independent journalist, she spends most of her time traveling around the globe as she reports on technology, culture, foreign affairs, cybersecurity, and China for outlets such as, CNN, The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy Magazine, Vice World News, and more.
Amanda Florian （小爱）有超过10年的媒体、音乐、和电影制作经验。从小她的父母就知道她特别喜欢从事音乐和媒体，因为Florian一直在做有创意的事。她父亲鼓励她成为一名艺人。10岁起，她就在纽约市开始了她的演艺职业生涯。她上了许多不同的音乐节目，比如NBC Television, Ryan Seacrest Studios, 以及The Festa Italiana Charlotte。她2017年去了亚洲，探索世界，寻找新的灵感和创意。在亚洲的日子里，Florian专注于自媒体，写博客，发布照片，分享一路上的点点滴滴。同时，Florian为CNN, The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy Magazine, Vice World News, 以及别的新闻公司，撰写文章并提供媒体材料。 近年来，Florian作为一名独立记者和新媒体研究者，主要研究和分析抖音和年轻人的关系。她和几位同事刚刚开创了 《上海拍手媒体技术有限公司》。Florian目前是在Forbes新闻公司工作，她如今的负责是为波多黎各创作一个新的30 Under 30榜单。
