Andrea Mazzarino

Andrea Mazzarino is a social worker and activist who advocates for the rights of vulnerable children, including children and young people living with disabilities. During 2012-2015, she was a research fellow in Human Rights Watch's Europe & Central Asia division, where she authored three reports on the situation of children and adults with disabilities living in Russia. Andrea is currently a therapist working directly with children and their families in the Washington, D.C. metro area, while collaborating with Human Rights Watch on its children's and disability rights work in Russia. Andrea has a Ph.D in cultural anthropology from Brown University, and an MSW in Social Work from the University of Washington.