Andrea has a Bachelor’s degree in Interpersonal Communications and has worked in the singles industry with Kelly Howard since 1996. She currently is a matchmaker, counselor, and a director of Eight Friends Out dinner club for single professionals and formerly worked with marriage brokering businesses.

With over twenty five years experience in the book business, including marketing and promotions, Andrea has also written a regular column and content for SingleFile magazine and dating tips for singles online. She has created several surveys and studies of single people and has been interviewed on the WB network regarding the challenges facing single young women in the workplace. She specializes in practical methods to overcome shyness and lead a more fulfilling lifestyle.

Andrea's former life included being Community Relations & Events Coordinator for Borders Books & Music, PR Queen for authors as diverse as Captain Kangeroo and Kinky Friedman, the Regional Buyer (New England & New York City) for Waldenbooks during the Satanic Verses era, investigative reporter & op-ed columnist, holographic art gallery owner, and a jazz & Motown vocalist living in France.  She has worked in every form of the media, including television and radio, since moving to Houston.

Her special interests and areas of study include: intercultural relationships, what
men and women truly want in relationship, the nature of marriage in the Americas, relationship communications, the issues facing African Americans in dating and marriage, and helping people find love--within themselves as well as without.