Mandi moved from the West Coast to Boston in 2013 and has been a part of The Garden Church (formerly Reality Boston) community ever since.

Mandi has served as a volunteer community group leader, community group coach, ministry organizer, and prayer team leader. She now serves on staff and leads the Hospitality and Communications Teams, teaches, organizes events and special gatherings, and supports and coaches leaders. She also has experience leading spiritual formation groups, retreats, prayer meetings, and outreach and fundraising projects.

In her second job, Mandi does operations and content creation for a digital learning startup. She lives in Somerville with a very social house of roommates.