Andrea Rivera is a sophomore at Harvard College concentrating in Statistics and Molecular and Cellular Biology with a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico, where she developed her passion for increasing access to both medical services and education in rural communities. She has been involved in public service on campus since freshman year, when she served as a member of the First-Year Service to Society Council. She is also a writer for both the Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal and the Harvard Science Review and the Director of Content of Raise Uganda Now, a non-profit organization run by university students who are dedicated to providing a home, family, and education to 53 children in rural Uganda.