Andrea’s work and travel assignments have taken her to more than 35 countries around the world. She has lived in Italy, Spain, France, Los Angeles, and New York, and her fascination for global art, style, and culture comes through whether she is cooking with chefs, dancing flamenco, or celebrating the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona.

As the Cultural Enthusiast of Travelista TV, Andrea enjoys interviewing cultural experts, designers, artists, and chefs, musicians, and has produced cultural travel segments in Greece, Portugal, Thailand, India, South Africa, and numerous other exotic locales.

With her Travelista partner Teri, she executive produced and hosted the Travelista Inspired Journeys series presented by Ford on BET.com. She has co-hosted red carpet interviews for AOL; interviewed fimmakers at the Sundance Film Festival; and was featured in the series “All Girls Getaway” for Fine Living Network; and on The Mo’Nique Show on BET.

A true global coolhunter, Andrea is also the creator of the The Velvet Circle, a lifestyle company focused on art, style, and events in Italy and New York. Most recently she produced segments for Wine and Fashion Florence, Pitti Immagine, Art Basel, and New York Fashion Week, spotlighting fashion photographer Nigel Barker, model Alek Wek, model Angela Lindvall, and actors James Lesure and Lauren Hutton.

Andrea earned a BS and MBA Magna Cum Laude on full scholarship from Florida A & M University, and speaks Italian and French. She has studied at Centro Linguistico Alighieri, and has taken courses at the School of Visual Arts, Media Bistro, Chicago City Limits and Cape’s Coaching in NYC. She jet-sets between her homes in Italy and the US.

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