Amanda Barraza is a rising 3L at Santa Clara University School of Law, where she holds a full-tuition Dean’s Fellowship and serves as Section Editor for the Santa Clara Business Law Chronicle. Her legal interests lie at the intersection of technology, intellectual property, privacy, and AI governance.

Before law school, Amanda spent nearly two decades in Taiwan, where she founded and managed a language learning center, developing a deep expertise in education, entrepreneurship, and cross-cultural communication. Fluent in Mandarin and equipped with an MBA from National Taiwan University, she brings a global and strategic lens to her legal work.

Amanda has supported legal teams across the technology and IP landscape, including at Pure Storage, where she led a company-wide AI compliance audit. She has also worked for boutique firms on specialized projects in patent analysis, AI governance standards, and technology transactions, and works as a thought leader for an IP management startup. Amanda hopes to apply her legal skills to the evolving challenges of AI governance and ethics, helping organizations navigate complex regulatory, privacy, and societal concerns.

Outside of law, Amanda is a lifelong writer and editor who has collaborated on academic and policy publications across Asia and the U.S. A single parent to two amazing daughters, she enjoys weightlifting, learning languages, reading poetry, and spending time with her kids.