Andrea graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law with a Certificate in Public Interest. Before attending law school, Andrea was employed as an immigration paralegal where she worked on family petitions and removal defense cases. During law school, she participated in Loyola’s Immigration Practicum and worked at various nonprofits in their immigration teams, where she informed agricultural workers on H-2A visas of their rights and helped organize pro-se asylum clinics. She holds a bachelor of arts in economics and political science from The University of Texas at Austin.