Andrea is driven by her commitment to public service, but above all, by a deep love for her community with its long tradition of Latina leadership that she will continue with your support.

About Andrea

Andrea Gordillo is a cultural leader, a proud daughter of Peruvian immigrants, a long-time Lower East Side/East Village resident, and Chairperson to Manhattan’s Community Board 3. Through her personal experience and multiple roles as a public servant, she is driven by, and understands what our communities need — dignified housing, cultural vitality, climate resiliency, and true public safety — and she knows how to get it done.

Andrea has led multiple cultural institutions throughout Lower Manhattan to advance racial and economic justice at The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, Fourth Arts Block, Loisaida Inc., and the Public Theater, for nearly a decade. She knows the power government and communities can harness to not only keep people in their homes, but in creating a vibrant community.

With a background in social policy, she has applied her experiences more recently to local campaigns and projects on Manhattan's East Side, where she's lived for the past 11 years. She served as president of the progressive democratic organization Coalition for a District Alternative, leading it through the pandemic and helped advance on key issue campaigns like the This Land is Ours Community Land Trust Initiative, and many more.

This past year, she was elected by her peers to serve as Manhattan Community Board 3’s Chairwoman. In her short tenure, she has led her community through complex changes faced, from the sudden closure of Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, the crisis of leadership on immigration at St. Brigid Church, and many more. She also serves on the New Majority's Young Leadership Council expanding the power of women in government, and on the community advisory board to the Union Square Tech Hub.

Andrea attended NYU’s Gallatin School to obtain her masters degree, where she was a member of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee, affiliated with the United Auto Workers, and believes in the power of a union.

Andrea’s achievements

  • Leading Community Board 3, Andrea:

  • Secured hundreds of deeply affordable and supportive housing units

  • Expanded Community Land Trusts

  • Secured additional sanitation and homeless services to local parks

  • Ensured access to jobs and scholarships for low-income youth at the new Union Square Tech Hub

  • Andrea played a key role in advocating for the needs of artists of color during the COVID-19 pandemic. She helped oversee the City Artists Corps; helped prevent the budget cuts to cultural institutions, and secured millions in funding to District 2’s critical cultural economy.

  • Andrea served as President of Coalition for a District Alternative for 5 years where she spearheaded initiatives to promote various policies, like advancing affordable housing, workers’ rights, quality education, and sustainable economic development. She convened dozens of forums designed to mobilize community residents into civic live

  • Andrea supported the New Girl City program at the LES Girls Club helping to support our city’s young women to develop skills and make change in their own communities

  • In 2017, Andrea spearheaded efforts for a community-based cultural plan where she conducted extensive outreach efforts, hosted workshops, public forums, where she put resident and artists voices at the forefront.