Amity was born in Boulder and grew up in Lafayette, Colorado. She graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in business management and a minor in Criminal Justice. She joined the Arvada Police Department in 2006 and in her time there, has been a patrol officer, field training officer, academy instructor, Crimes Against Children Detective, Patrol Sergeant and Internal Affairs Sergeant. She has been an arrest control instructor for the police department since 2015 and has been teaching self-defense courses to the public for over a decade. In her free time, Amity enjoys baking, lifting weights, hiking, kayaking and travelling with her two children.
