“Amy A. Wright,” Liahona, May 2022.
Amy A. Wright
First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency
Sister Amy A. Wright remembers a night several years ago when she was undergoing treatment for stage 4 ovarian cancer. She was in so much pain that she was past feeling. Despite her testimony and her faith in Heavenly Father, the Savior, and the plan of salvation, she was in need.
As a young child, Sister Wright had been taught by her mother and Primary leaders that when feeling afraid, lonely, or in need of the Spirit, she should sing a Primary song.
“But that’s for children,” she thought now. “Does that really apply to me?”
Then came the answer—and the song.
“I am a child of God too,” Sister Wright remembered. “So, in my mind, I started singing, ‘Heavenly Father, are you really there?’1
“That’s as far as I got. Every fiber of my being was enveloped with the love of God. It was tangible, which was strange because I couldn’t feel anything else. I knew He was there, that He knew exactly what I was going through, and that He was a loving God.”
Amy Eileen Anderson was born January 6, 1972, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, to Joy Bailey and Robert Anderson. She married James McConkie Wright on June 24, 1994, in the Salt Lake Temple. They have three sons.
She graduated with a bachelor of science degree in human development and family studies from the University of Utah in 1998. She worked in the student media department at Marquette University’s College of Communication while her husband attended dental school.
Sister Wright served as Second Counselor in the Primary General Presidency for the past year and on the Young Women general advisory council for three years before that. Past callings include stake and ward Primary president, ward Relief Society and Primary presidency counselor, Relief Society teacher, Gospel Doctrine teacher, and Cub Scout leader.