Amy Paterson is a wife, mom, integrated pest management professional, and former agricultural educator who is passionate about helping homeowners better understand the environmental systems that shape healthy homes.

For more than a decade, Amy worked in agricultural education, serving as an agriculture teacher and FFA advisor. During that time she taught students the science behind soil health, plant systems, pest biology, and environmental stewardship while helping lead agricultural programs that connected students to real-world learning through hands-on experiences. She also serves on several agricultural and education advisory boards supporting agricultural literacy and career and technical education.

Today Amy works in integrated pest management with Truly Nolen, where she studies how environmental conditions such as moisture, temperature, landscaping, and structural environments influence pest activity around homes. This work provides daily insight into the ecological relationships that affect homeowners and their living environments.

Amy is currently a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) candidate in Educational Leadership, where her research examines how budget reductions in career and technical education programs affect work-based learning opportunities for students.

Outside of her professional work, Amy and her family operate a commercial beef cattle farm in Central Florida, where daily life involves managing pasture health, livestock systems, soil conditions, and land stewardship. This hands-on agricultural experience reinforces Amy’s belief that homes, landscapes, and ecosystems are deeply connected.

Her husband owns a family-operated commercial and residential HVAC company, and their children have grown up around the practical side of how homes function—from airflow and insulation to environmental maintenance. These experiences have strengthened Amy’s interest in how pest ecology, air quality, and home systems interact.

Amy created Amy’s Healthy Home to translate science-based research and real-world experience into practical knowledge homeowners can use. By explaining how environmental conditions influence pests, lawn health, indoor air quality, and seasonal changes, she helps readers better understand the ecology of their homes.

Based in Central Florida, Amy continues to advocate for environmental literacy, practical homeowner education, and a deeper understanding of the ecological systems that shape the spaces where we live.