Andy is an aspiring entomolgist born in Miami Florida and raised in Boulder Colorado. He graduated from Boulder High School in the spring of 2018. During the fall of last year he took a gap year to travel and reaserch insects at the Mashpi Eco Lodge in the cloud forest of Ecuador. Andy is passionate about nature, conserving the environment and developing his knowledge of insects which motivated him to join the Climate Justice Leaders Porgram. Andy thinks eco-social justice is important because it takes into consideration both the environmental landscape and communities in them how they impact each other. He currently works at Hanuman Chai and volunteers at the University of Colorado Boulder's Ecology department lab. Andy enjoys writing songs on his ukulele and doing macro photography in his spare time.