Andrea is a second-year doctoral student at The Ohio State University, where she serves as a graduate teaching associate in music theory. Her research interests include Mexican and Latin American vernacular music and dance. In 2024, she presented her work at Music Theory Midwest and at CCM’s Graduate Student Research Conference. Other research interests include modal and pentatonic motives in rock, and interdisciplinary artwork. As a pianist, she has performed in major festivals including the Athens Jazz Festival (2023) and Festival Internacional 5 de Mayo (2019). Currently she enjoys performing Latin American music alongside her quartet Solar, as well as collaborating with dancers.