Andrea is a community engagement professional with a focus on sustainability, climate action and systems change. Her passion for innovative ways to engage communities on environmental and social change led to an exploration of craft as a vehicle for collective education and relationship building. 

Andrea started the Reconciliation Hearts project to explore truth and reconciliation through fabric art, community-building and gift-making for our Indigenous neighbours. 

She lives in one of Metro Vancouver’s hidden gems, the Burnaby Heights neighbourhood, with her husband, youngest son and Schnauzer. She finds inspiration in visiting BC’s islands, mountains, lakes and rivers by foot, bicycle, canoe and kayak.