Andrew was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed his bachelors degree in music from Berklee College of Music in Boston and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1996. After several years in the music scene he returned to school and earned his masters in social work from the University of Tennessee. He then moved back to Baltimore in 2007 and created The Body Image Therapy Center specializing in eating disorders, compulsive eating, body image, and preparation and aftercare for bariatric surgery patients.