Andrea Maldonado was born in Mexico City, Mexico, raised in South Florida and currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island where she is pursuing her doctorate in cultural anthropology at Brown University. She graduated summa cum laude from Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology-sociology and Native American studies. Following her undergraduate studies, she spent two years as an AmeriCorps fellow teaching international students and initiating community service programs for high school students at a boarding school in Austin, Texas. Andrea has also had experience in the college admissions and college counseling field. Prior to entering graduate school, she served as the director of youth programs for the National Capital Area of the National Conference for Community and Justice, a non-profit human relations organization located in Washington, DC. There she developed, implemented, and facilitated diversity and social justice programs for regional high schools and community organizations. She has also spent several months living in Mexico City. Recently in the summer, 2006, she conducted ethnographic research there for her master's thesis, a study in which she explores the ways in which middle and upper-middle class members of social-recreational clubs negotiate their identities, spaces, and communities through these locales. She spent the Fall 2007 semester studying abroad in Mexico City at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social as well as at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. In addition to her studies, she has served as a Community Director for the Office of Residential Life her first two years at Brown, mentoring upper-class undergraduate students who reside on campus. She has also enjoyed her role as a Co-Coordinator of the Center for Latin American Studies Graduate Workshop on Politics, Culture, and Society, a community-forum for graduate students in the anthropology, sociology, and political science departments.
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Andrea Maldonado was born in Mexico City, Mexico, raised in South Florida and currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island where she is pursuing her doctorate in cultural anthropology at Brown University. She graduated summa cum laude from Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology-sociology and Native American studies. Following her undergraduate studies, she spent two years as an AmeriCorps fellow teaching international students and initiating community service programs for high school students at a boarding school in Austin, Texas. Andrea has also had experience in the college admissions and college counseling field. Prior to entering graduate school, she served as the director of youth programs for the National Capital Area of the National Conference for Community and Justice, a non-profit human relations organization located in Washington, DC. There she developed, implemented, and facilitated diversity and social justice programs for regional high schools and community organizations. She has also spent several months living in Mexico City. Recently in the summer, 2006, she conducted ethnographic research there for her master's thesis, a study in which she explores the ways in which middle and upper-middle class members of social-recreational clubs negotiate their identities, spaces, and communities through these locales. She spent the Fall 2007 semester studying abroad in Mexico City at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social as well as at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. In addition to her studies, she has served as a Community Director for the Office of Residential Life her first two years at Brown, mentoring upper-class undergraduate students who reside on campus. She has also enjoyed her role as a Co-Coordinator of the Center for Latin American Studies Graduate Workshop on Politics, Culture, and Society, a community-forum for graduate students in the anthropology, sociology, and political science departments.