Amy Blankenship is a native of Gulfport, Mississippi. She graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and Photography from Mississippi State University.
Her graphics background landed her a position on a team doing interactive Multimedia training for the Air Force, and the rest, as they say, is history.

The graphics aspect of that project began spilling over into performing the programming for the Authorware side. Though the job ended when the project did, Amy went on to do more Authorware work for several companies, primarily supporting military and government clients.

The government contracting market is not really the place to find lifetime employment, so after one too many layoffs, Amy started her own company, Magnolia Multimedia. As an independent contractor, she has had the chance to more fully explore the capabilities of both Authorware and her second favorite Macromedia product, Fireworks.