Andrew was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Orange County, California. He received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He spent a significant amount of his time on mentoring, community service, research on a microfluidic point-of-care device, and quality improvement for approval of a minimally invasive cardiac delivery system. He completed a M.S. in Medical Sciences from Drexel University and then received his Doctor of Medicine degree after completing the SELECT program at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida. During this program, he was able to focus on his professional development and emotional intelligence with the goal of becoming a better physician. He was able to continue his passion in coaching and mentoring others while developing new interests in interprofessional education and quality improvement. He strongly believes in the family and community as an integrated unit and wants to apply behavioral and preventative health within Family Medicine. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, listening to music and playing piano and clarinet, dancing, sports, watching anime, and playing board/video games. Andrew would like to learn new things in cooking, ballroom dancing, playing more instruments, and work on his overall health and fitness.