Mandi Kearns, Just Like You Films
Mandi graduated from the The University of Iowa with a major in Elementary Education and specialization in Early Childhood Education. Her first job as a second-grade teacher in the KCK School District provided her with incredible insight into the life of children living at or below the poverty line. After her second child was born in 2009, she became highly involved in non-profit work in relation to food allergy as he was born with anaphylactic food allergies. Since then, she has been a food allergy support group founder, inaugural chair of the Children’s Mercy Hospital Food Allergy Patient Family Advisory Board, a Safe Bakes inaugural board member and member of the Children’s Mercy Family Advisory Main Board. In her free time, she enjoys working out and watching her three children participate in sports. In 2018, Mandi joined Just Like You Films to produce/executive produce Just Like You – Food Allergies and in 2022 she joined Just Like You Films as the Director of Impact.