Andrea Mrozek has a Masters degree in history from the University of Toronto, with a focus on Holocaust studies and modern Europe. As a student she lived in Berlin for one year, and after completing her degree she returned to Europe to live in Prague, where she worked as a reporter. Back in Toronto, Andrea worked in corporate communications. A desire to return to the world of writing and ideas lead her to pursue work at Toronto Life magazine and at the Fraser Institute. She then moved to Calgary to work as associate editor at the Western Standard. Her articles have also appeared in the National Post, the Globe and Mail, the Calgary Herald, the Montreal Gazette, the Toronto Sun and the Ottawa Citizen. She currently lives in Ottawa, and works for the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, a public policy think tank.