As Database Manager, Andrea manages and optimizes the Foundation’s CRM systems, develops comprehensive reporting mechanisms, and ensures data integrity and security to support the Hector and Gloria López Foundation’s grantmaking initiatives, including López Scholars.

Andrea is passionate about data analysis, program evaluation, and optimizing data infrastructure for organizations. As a Data Science and Evaluation Analyst for the American Heart Association, Andrea collaborated on projects with partners such as CVS and Delta Dental to develop design logic models, create evaluation plans, and build statistical tools, contributing to impactful health initiatives and program assessment.

Andrea has worked with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Colin’s Hope, and the Texas Health Institute, to advance their  data infrastructure and evaluation efforts,  ensuring that program outcomes were effectively monitored and reported. 

Andrea is deeply passionate about empowering young adults, particularly first-generation college students, by supporting their professional development and addressing the holistic factors that influence their success. She is especially committed to understanding how health behaviors, such as nicotine use, impact mental health during this critical transition period. At the University of Texas at Austin, Andrea collaborated with Dr. Alexandra Loukas to research nicotine use among young adults on college campuses, a project that culminated in her master’s thesis. Her dedication to these interconnected topics earned her recognition as one of the “30 Under 30 Young Innovators in Behavioral Health Tech” by Hopelab and Pivotal Ventures (2023).

Andrea is an active leader in her community. She was a 2024 RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service Fellow. She serves on the board of the El Paso Leadership Network, providing data infrastructure expertise and mentoring first-generation college students. In 2023, Andrea co-founded Adelante Institute, a nonprofit organization designed to provide professional mentorship and networking opportunities to first-gen students through their Adelante Scholars program in Laredo, Texas.

Raised in Laredo, Texas, Andrea shares, “As a first-generation Latina from a border city, I bring a perspective shaped by firsthand experience with systemic inequities in public health, education, and social programs. This perspective drives me to leverage research, data, and statistical analyses to quantify these inequities and lead data-driven initiatives that develop measurable, impactful strategies to address disparities and foster meaningful change.”