Meet Andrew.

A bridge-builder by nature and community organizer by training, I bring over a decade of experience in social justice education and organizational development. I currently work as a consultant, a facilitator at Stanford University, and a barber at Dax Lee’s Barber & Apothecary - roles all rooted in service, dialogue, and community.

Throughout my career, I’ve supported students, community members, and organizational leaders to effect change and close the gap between values and actions in ourselves, relationships, and institutions. My path began with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, where I organized alongside students and families throughout my four years in undergrad. After graduating, I returned home to Detroit as a Community Organizer with MOSES, where I conducted hundreds of one-on-ones with community members, faith leaders, and union workers to align local efforts with national campaigns for charter school accountability.

These early experiences sharpened my focus on leadership development and civic education - especially for folks like me, a white Polish American man from a multiracial, working-class family in Detroit and its suburbs. Often feeling “in between” communities, I’ve committed to moving across social, cultural, and political lines of difference with humility and integrity.

I went on to serve as a Program Coordinator with Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Baltimore and as an Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator at the University of Maryland, before enrolling in graduate school to deepen my study of individual and institutional transformation. After earning my master's focused on adult development and equitable organizational change, I joined Promise54, a consulting nonprofit focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Around the same time, I re-rooted in Oakland, CA, partnering with SEEDS Community Resolution Center as a conflict mediator and coach.

Later, I formalized years of cutting friends’ hair by enrolling at Moler Barber College, earning my barber license, and joining a full-fledged barbershop. In parallel, I began collaborating with organizations like Rollins Consulting and The Town Project, lending my skills as a facilitator, learning designer, and project manager. Now - guided by the question, “How can we create the conditions for connection?” - I strive to build belonging everywhere from the boardroom to the barbershop.

I hold a B.A. in Sociology from Loyola University Chicago and an Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard, where I was an Equity & Inclusion Fellow. In 2022, I earned an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential from the International Coaching Federation. I was selected as a Fellow in the Oakland Chapter of New Leaders Council in 2020 and received the Tina Tchen Ally Award from the Harvard Black Graduation Committee in 2018. I currently live in Oakland, CA with my partner, Nimah.