She attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree concentrated in Drawing and Sculpture and a Bachelors of Arts in Art Education in 2001. She completed her graduate studies in 2011 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Edwardsville, Illinois with a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture. Manda Remmen creates work about place and history, using a variety of materials, influenced by the place in which she lives.​