Andrew Vera is a native of Queens, New York, and his family is from Ecuador. He participated in Columbia University’s Freedom and Citizenship program in 2023 and graduated from Thomas A. Edison CTE High School in 2024. His favorite reading from his time at F&C is The Trial and Death of Socrates. Andrew now attends Kenyon College, where he plans to major in Political Science with a minor in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence. In his free time, he enjoys thrifting, trying new foods, and working out.