She deploys her skills as an effective and innovative communicator, organizational planner, and data analyst to support the CSL Initiative for Leveraging Innovation partnership with the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and the KIPP Charter Network Consortium. Andrea is passionate about the project’s goals of providing certification and advanced degree pathways for a diverse cadre of teacher leaders to serve in systematically underserved schools.

Previously, Andrea served as a teacher and in support roles in Shelby County Schools for more than 10 years. Her professional background includes having served as a logistics executive in a brokerage firm where she created and sustained relationships with partner companies. She also served as CEO of a nonprofit organization that supported underserved teens transitioning to adulthood, Helping the Youth Find Purpose while Educating (HYPE).