Andrea was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and raised in Tucson, Arizona. She attended undergrad in the cornfields of Iowa at Grinnell College. After two years of research, she attended medical school at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. While there, she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Society and spent a year as a Jefferson Urology Research Scholar prior to graduation. In her free time, Andrea enjoys cuddling with her cats, Buddha and Buttons, running outside, eating all types of foods, and watching bad reality TV.