Born in New Jersey, raised in Connecticut, now living in California, Andrea spent her formative years dreaming of one day becoming a writer, drawing and hanging onto her mother’s apron strings while she prepared meals for the family. After a lengthy detour with a career in the culinary world cooking for celebrities, Andrea decided to dust off her artistic dreams and get back to writing. She has worked for a number of heavy hitters in every major motion picture studio, but after time spent helping others achieve their dreams, Andrea decided to craft her own, and transfer the stories in her head to the written page. Over the last several years Andrea has dedicated her energies towards writing poems, a cookbook, screenplays and a memoir. She has already written her acceptance speech.