Andrew J. Myers

Andrew Myers was born on August 19, 1978 in Worcester, MA to Thomas and Susan Myers and is the oldest of four children. His brother Joshua and his sisters Amy and Hillary are working towards their undergraduate degrees at Northeastern University. While they are currently attending school in Boston, all still proudly call Whitinsville home.

Andy attended Northbridge public schools through the 6th grade before enrolling at Bancroft School in Worcester, graduating in 1997. He went on to earn his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and attend law school at Suffolk University in Boston, where he is finishing up his final year.

Scouting has been an important part of Andy’s life since an early age. After joining local Cub Scout Pack 155 in Whitinsville in 1986, Andrew became a Boy Scout in 1990 with Troop 155. As he participated in the scouting program, he quickly advanced in rank and became part of a troop milestone by becoming its 50th Eagle Scout (and one of its youngest) on November 27, 1993. Andy remains committed to the Scouting program, currently serving as an Assistant Scoutmaster with his home troop and as an Assistant Cubmaster to an inner city Cub Scout Pack, Pack 28, in Worcester. In addition, he also serves as the Hassanamisco District Finance Chairman for the Mohegan Council.

After leaving for college, Andy found himself arduously pursuing opportunities to help others. He spent two years working at the Gettysburg College Center for Public Service as the coordinator of the Volunteers for Youth Program and as an office assistant. During his time at the Center for Public Service, Andy spearheaded the succesful effort to bring the national Big Brother/Big Sister program to the college campus, pairing needy children in the community with dedicated volunteer college students. By the time he graduated, the program had become a staple of campus life.

Andy spent half of his junior year at the Lutheran College Washington Semester in Washington, DC, and extended his stay to eight months in order to intern for Sarah House, Inc. Sarah House was a small non-profit organization that provided intensive mentoring and assistance to children living under the constant threat of gang violence. Serving as a liaison between the child and their attorney, a role that was half probation officer and half social worker, Andy helped develop Sarah House’s fledgling Juvenile Justice program and served as their main Juvenile Justice Advocate. Though doing so meant living and working in the same dangerous environment as the kids he helped, Andy accepted the responsibility and only left when the time came to start his senior of college.

After graduating from Gettysburg and enrolling at Suffolk University Law School, Andy sought out further public service by volunteering with Shelter Legal Services Foundation. SLSF holds weekly clinics at some of Boston’s major homeless shelters; during the clinics, law students and volunteer attorneys offer pro bono legal counsel to Boston’s disadvantaged. While with SLSF, Andy reunited children with their parents, helped disabled women obtain wrongly-denied disability benefits, and stopped landlords from illegally evicting vulnerable tenants. Andy also sat on the SLSF Board of Directors Advisory Committee and served as the student director of the clinic held at Rosie’s Place, a shelter for homeless women. He is also a two-time recipient of the Suffolk Public Interest Law Group Grant, which has allowed him to work full time for SLSF during the past two summers.

Even as he begins his campaign for State Representative, Andy serves as a student attorney for the Suffolk University Juvenile Justice Program. He represents indigent youth involved in delinquency proceedings in the Boston Juvenile Court. He will graduate from Suffolk University Law School in May 2004 and will take the Massachusetts Bar exam in July.