Andra is a writer and social researcher working to tell powerful stories to help us better understand our world and each other.

Andra writes and researches on key social, environmental and economic challenges facing Australia including in the areas of 'place' as a driver of opportunity, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, land and sea management.  She specialises in qualitative research, oral history and storytelling methods to better understand people’s experiences, hopes and challenges.

Andra is also a new and upcoming author. Her debut book Stories My Grandmothers Didn't Tell Me reveals the incredible stories of how her two Latvian grandmothers lived through the terror of the Second World War and survived to immigrate to Australia. Against the backdrop of our increasingly uncertain world, the book delves into why we need the stories of our grandmothers to better understand where we come from and who we want to be.

Andra brings to her work a rare combination of skills, combining people’s stories, reflections and lived experience together with quality data and analysis to drive positive change.

She has lived in Queensland and the Northern Territory and is now based in Canberra with her partner and two children. 

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