Andrew has committed himself to serving as a leader against injustice throughout his college career. As a student at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Andrew was hired as the first specialist to develop recourses for the Lesbian Gay Bi- Sexual, and Transgender Campus Community. In the spring of 2008, Andrew was awarded one of LMU’s highest student awards, entitled the Fr. Donald Merrifield, S.J. Intercultural Leadership Award, for his commitment to the universities legacy of cultural consciousness and progressive social action. In the summer of 2007, Andrew was selected by the American Civil Liberties Union to lobby in Washington, D.C. for those prisoners being unlawfully incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay. During this period, Andrew also worked with Equality Arizona as a Political Intern, where he specialized in creating recourses to protect the Arizona LGBT community against violence and discrimination. This summer Andrew is interning at M + R Strategic Services in Government Affairs Department. Andrew recently received his BA in Sociology from LMU and will attend Rutgers School of Law this fall.