Amy Diamond-Rodriguez is a Senior Counselor for the Educational Opportunity Fund Program at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Prior to her current position, she served as an Academic Counselor for the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons (NJ-STEP) college prison program at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women and Mountainview Youth Correctional facility. She was incarcerated under the New Jersey Department of Corrections from October 2006 to April 2009. While still incarcerated, Amy enrolled through a community programs halfway house in the Essex County College Next Step program. Upon release, she applied and was admitted to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey through the Mountainview Communities (RU-MVC) program. She is a graduate of Rutgers University, where she completed her Joint Bachelor of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies, and Information Technology & Informatics with a minor in Social Justice. Most recently, she completed a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University - Newark and is the proud recipient of the Dee Garrison Award for Peace and Justice.

Her most recent research contributions focus on mandatory minimum sentencing policies and the effects of criminal records on formerly incarcerated individuals seeking housing from public housing agencies. She hopes to continue to be a voice for formerly incarcerated individuals and further explore the many endless possibilities of successful reentry through education.