Judge Amanda N. Torres was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. She attended Lexington Elementary, South Park Middle School, and Carroll High School. Judge Torres graduated from Texas A&M University - College Station in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and a minor in Chemistry. Judge Torres attended and graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2007, and is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas.

Judge Torres served as a judicial intern with the 13^thCourt of Appeals, Corpus Christi division, where she reviewed civil and criminal cases on appeal, conducted extensive legal research, and drafted legal opinions to be used by the various justices and their law clerks. Judge Torres also worked as a student attorney as part of the St. Mary's Civil Justice and Litigation Clinic, offering appropriate legal services in English and Spanish to low income and homeless clients at various shelters in San Antonio, Texas. She worked as a prosecutor in the Nueces County District Attorney's Office handling misdemeanor and felony cases. Judge Torres was appointed by the Nueces County Commissioners as Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1, Place 1 and sworn into office on September 30, 2009.