Andrea H. Caesar was born and raised in New England having ties to all six states. An avid traveler since her teenage years, Andrea has been to thirty-six countries and relishes in learning about each country's culture and language. Andrea spent a total of one and a half years in the former USSR during the end of the Cold War. In 1992 Andrea was a high school exchange student and lived in Norrköping, Sweden for a full academic year. A graduate of American University and The School for International Training (a part of the NGO World Learning), Andrea holds a B.A. in International Relations and a M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Caesar then spent several more years working in Stockholm, Sweden, until 2004 when she was forced to return to the USA due to her struggle with her undiagnosed disease. A passionate voice for those with Lyme Disease and chronic illness, Andrea writes about her experience as a twenty-eight year victim of the disease and its related co-infections both in her book and in her blog. Undiagnosed for 26 years, since she was eleven years old, Andrea has been on the dark side of Lyme for decades. Determined to spread the word about this disease which is not recognized by the medical community in its chronic form, she hopes her book will help millions by sharing her story and her ability to muster the strength to do whatever she sets her mind to. Andrea is a single mother to a magical All-American daughter, born in Kazakhstan. She speaks native level Swedish, fluent Spanish, and proficient Russian, along with basic knowledge of several other languages. In addition to her love for language and culture, Andrea is an active proponent of non-toxic living and proudly represents the company Ava Anderson Non-Toxic as one of the company's highest ranking founding consultants.