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Andrea Castañeda

Andrea@ColoradoKids.org

Andrea Castañeda serves as the Research Fellow at the Children’s Campaign. In this role, she assists the Vice President of Research in collecting and analyzing data, drafting the annual KIDS COUNT Report, and preparing presentations and other educational materials on policy issues affecting children.

Andrea brings years of lived experience and formal education on several social issues, including labor rights, immigration justice, and barriers to higher education. Prior to working with The Campaign, she spent her summers in college interning at different nonprofit organizations like Colorado Jobs with Justice and Service Employees International Union Local 105, where she mainly helped serve working class immigrant communities like her own.

Andrea holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Colorado College.

Length of Service: <1 Year 

Hometown

Denver, Colorado

College

Colorado College

Major

Sociology

Favorite Children’s Book

Dork Diaries

Favorite Thing About Life In Colorado

You get to experience every season the right way

If You Were A Car, What Kind You Would Be

A Mini Cooper

Best Job You've Ever Had

This one!

Dream Job

Musician

Job You Wouldn't Do In A Million Years

Lawyer

Who You Idolize Most

Ladybug (From Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)

Your Greatest Extravagance

My Monster High and Bratz doll collections

Most Likely To Be Found On A Slow Friday Afternoon

Balls of yarn and my iPad

Favorite Colorado Getaway

A cozy cabin in the woods

Proudest Accomplishment

Being valedictorian in high school

Night Owl or Early Bird

Night Owl

Thing You Can’t Live Without

Something crunchy in every meal

Favorite Book

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Talent You Would Most Like To Have

To be able to play every instrument ever

Biggest Pet Peeve

When people get annoyed at others for doing their pet peeve, not knowing it is a pet peeve of theirs

Word Or Phrase You Most Overuse

“Literally” or “That’s crazy”

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