As a California native/naturalized Texan, Andrea grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Dallas and got to Austin as soon as she could. Involved in church choir, piano, and concert band from a young age, Andrea was raised on the power of music. While spending her teen years in marching band and drum line, she started a garage band and that was the beginning of her love affair of writing and playing original rock music with like-minded musicians. After living and gigging in Dallas, Austin, then NYC, Andrea returned home to Austin and has been a regular part of Austin’s post-punk music scene for several years. Now, joining Exploding Violets, she is ready to unite her passions for playing music and fighting the patriarchy. When not hitting the skins, Andrea can be found laughing with her wife, eating all the chips and salsa in her path, enjoying nature, and working to fuel the fire of social justice and the arts in her kids.