Combining her love for traveling and teaching, Andrea has always found ways to bring the outside world into her classroom. Andrea has taught for over 15 years in schools stateside and abroad. She helped open new schools in Colorado, Germany, and Thailand. She is passionate about experiential education and loves all things science.
Andrea participated in NOAA’s Teacher at Sea program, sailing on NOAA Ship Oregon II for a groundfish survey in 2012. In 2015, she sailed as an alum on NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson for a pollock survey.
In 2017, she was awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching grant, through which she spent six months in Finland researching project-based learning and STEM education. She developed Project ROV in collaboration with scientific research stations in Finland and has built underwater ROVs with her students in both the United States and Germany.
Currently, Andrea runs Project ROVe and works with educators across the country to bring engaging marine technology professional development and support marine technology integration in classroom settings.
Andrea graduated from the University of San Diego with degrees in Education and German and received her Master’s in Educational Technology and Leadership from The George Washington University.
Andrea loves to stay active by hiking, kayaking, exploring tide pools, scuba diving, and camping.