TXIPL Staff

Amanda Yaira Robinson, Texas Interfaith Power & Light (TXIPL) Coordinator

Amanda Yaira Robinson joined the staff in May 2008 and coordinates Texas Interfaith Power and Light (TXIPL), the environmental program of Texas Impact. TXIPL is one of 38 state Interfaith Power and Light programs.

Amanda graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She worked some in publishing and some as a stay-at-home-mom before serving two Unitarian Universalist churches as Director of Religious Education from 2004-2009. Amanda is a part time student at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, working on a Masters in Theological Studies. She is also a Contributing Scholar for the online journal, State of Formation, and is a 2012 GreenFaith Fellow.

Amanda Yaira is a member of Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin. She and her husband Mark, a middle school principal, live in Cedar Park with their two boys; their one-eyed pug dog; a new guinea pig named "Helen"; two bearded dragons; and an assortment of fish.

Follow Amanda's blog here.