Rabbi Andrea is the Rabbinic Admissions Advisor at the College.
She is a 5th year rabbinical student at Leo Baeck College, transferred from the Instituto Iberoamericano de Formacion Rabinica Reformista (the Reform Rabbinical School based in Buenos Aires). She has a Bachelor of Law Degree with a Specialization in Corporate Law, and is also a trained pastry chef.
Andrea worked as the Executive Director of UJR-Amlat (the Latin American branch of WUPJ) and Rabbinic intern at ARI – Associação Religiosa Israelita in Rio de Janeiro and Sha’arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue. Currently she also works as rabbinic intern at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue – LJS.
Andrea also worked for more than 8 years as the Director of Education at CIP – Congregação Israelita Paulista, the largest Reform congregation in Brazil, responsible for education, youth movements and young adult programmes.
Rabbi Andrea received her semicha from Leo Baeck College in 2025.
Andrea was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, she has 3 children, and currently lives in London with her husband and daughter.