Andy Flores is an Associate at the Aspen Institute’s Center for Rising Generations (CRG). Previously, he was a Voter Protection Associate on the North Carolina Democratic Coordinated Campaign, where he helped to mobilize and protect the rights of voters across the state’s higher education community.
Prior to the campaign, Andy was Special Assistant to the Director at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator and a FirstGEN Fellow at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, where he supported the team of attorneys and advocates who defended race-conscious admissions before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Born in Mississippi to Mexican and Afro-Panamanian parents, Andy received his B.A. in public policy leadership (PPL) and philosophy from the University of Mississippi in 2023, graduating as Class Marshall of the Honors College (1st in class). He is Mississippi’s first-ever Latino to receive the Truman Scholarship (MS 22) and is a proud first-generation, low-income (FGLI) graduate. An aspiring movement-builder at the nexus of politics and education, Andy is interested in becoming an attorney, academic, and educator who helps young people flourish, particularly in the Deep South. In his free time, he loves drawing, running, and spending quality time with his dear friends.