Meet Andrea

I’m a nerd and a classically trained dancer with a bleeding heart. A J.D. who has never practiced, I don’t regret going to law school because it paved the way for another path, and added fuel to the flames of my intellectual curiosity.

I’m just as influenced by my 20 years of dance training as I am by my early adult gym obsession and yoga practice. I’m just as influenced by the spells, books, and podcast episodes of adrienne maree brown as I am by the work and biographies/documentaries of Anthony Bourdain (RIP), the poetry of Ocean Vuong, the words of Prentis Hemphill, the art of Dali, and the music of Sade. You’ll often hear me quoting some of my most influential yoga and Buddhist teachers - Susanna Barkataki and Jacoby Ballard.

Where we come from and who we learn from informs so much of who we are - 

I was raised by books, PBS, NPR, and dance in the Deep South of the 90’s and 2000’s. I was valedictorian of my public high school, co-editor of the school year book, in the drama club, among other extracurriculars. I was in a pre-professional competitive dance company for many years. I often say that I was pulling all-nighters in elementary school, and I got burned out from the hustle of having to do so much as a scholarship kid to get into a “good” college. From a young age, like many small town kids, I wanted to be anywhere but there. I couldn’t wait to grow up and have agency over my own choices.

Spirit/Soul

This wanderlust and search for home has led me to travel (I’ve been to over 50 countries) extensively and search for a spiritual home inside of myself. I’m an Aquarius sun through and through, the “rebel with a cause” as my astrologist would say. I care deeply about the collective - human rights for all and the planet’s health and would love to chat you up over a great glass of Oregon or New Zealand Pinot Noir about this. This also bleeds into a love of history and a belief that history does repeat itself when lessons aren’t learned or growth doesn’t happen. I really do want everyone in the world to experience the fullness of their humanity, respect for their human rights. I believe in the truth of the Buddha’s words “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but by love, alone.”

Mind

The intellectual curiosity of the nerdy DARE contest winner and all the extra-curriculars did land me in that “good” college and after a brief stint in the working world, a “decent” law school. As someone who academically pursued international studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels and someone who loves experiencing different cultures and ecosystems through travel, I have an intellectual curiosity for the world at large. I have also worked in/beside non-profits for nearly a decade and have a passion for supporting organizations doing the work in the world. I understand how that world works. I love learning from thinkers, activists, and organizations doing the work across the world to expand human and environmental rights.

Body

I love moving. My dance training and love of physical movement led me to stumble into a side hustle in fitness in 2014 that has turned into over a decade in this business. 

“Movement is medicine” they say, and I’ve felt that for myself as a dancer, gym rat, yoga student and on the other side, as a group fitness instructor, yoga teacher, and personal trainer. I love helping people get in touch with their bodies in presenced way. Nothing is more of a work win for me than helping a client achieve a movement goal. 

I’d love to get to know you. I’d love to work together.