Andrea was born and raised in St. Joseph. She attended Central High school and then graduated from the University of Missouri – Columbia with a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Nutrition. Since then she has 15 years experience in quality assurance within the food, agricultural, and pharmaceutical industry, and is currently a QA Sr. Specialist with Boehringer-Ingelheim Animal Health where she oversees their pharmaceutical products marketed globally.Outside of her “day job”, her passions are political and social activism, travel, learning other cultures/languages, reading as much as she can, playing piano, and volunteerism. After living in Spain for almost a year, she returned home in 2013 and joined the Junior League. She is a Board member of the YWCA St. Joseph and the Assistant Secretary for the NAACP St. Joseph chapter. In August 2016, she co-founded Our Revolution – St. Joseph which is a non-partisan organization that provides a space for political and social activism within the St. Joseph community. Through the years, Andrea has felt incredibly supported and encouraged by all the wonderful, inspiring women in the League, and thankful for the exposure to community work that the League has provided as well as the friendships developed along the way.
