Andrea has built a career as a community advocate for vulnerable populations, and particularly those in the inner city. She is well-known in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area for her extensive work as Executive Director of The House DC, a youth outreach program designed to break cycles of poverty, homelessness, incarceration, and unemployment by providing at-risk youth the comprehensive services they need to help them establish healthy and sustainable futures. She also served the Maryland Coalition of Families in Baltimore to provide family-to-family support, education, advocacy, coaching, information, referrals and follow-up to families with loved ones who struggle with substance use. Andrea’s in-depth knowledge of the most impactful approaches to inner-city outreach, crisis intervention/mediation, and community mediation are an invaluable asset to the Fighting Against Sex Trafficking team. Her strengths include organizational development, program management and training and facilitation.