Andrea Y. Henderson
Race, Identity and Culture ReporterAndrea Henderson joined St. Louis Public Radio in March 2019, where she covers race, identity, and culture. Andrea comes to St. Louis Public Radio from NPR. She reported for the race and culture podcast Code Switch and produced pieces for All Things Considered. Andrea’s passion for storytelling began at a weekly newspaper in her hometown of Houston, Texas.
Andrea graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and earned her master’s degree in arts journalism from Syracuse University. When the proud Houstonian is not chasing a story, she enjoys catching up on her shows, getting lost in museums and swimming in tropical waters.
Follow her journey through St. Louis via Twitter at @drebjournalist.
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Officials at Southern University of Illinois Edwardsville and Webster University are working with international students who have had their visas revoked to help them finish their degrees in their home countries. -
Welcome Neighbor STL is tutoring refugees in middle and high school. However, the organization desperately needs volunteers. Tutors are needed to help students with all subjects, especially math and reading. -
Urban farmers in Spanish Lake and parts of Florissant could receive over $3 million in funding from the St. Louis County Council to help scale their operations to grow more food that would feed thousands of north county residents. -
In mid-February, the federal government cut a $4.7 million grant to the Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Roots Program. It brings trees to low-income communities. Beyond Housing, Forest ReLeaf and the Friends of the Bellefontaine Cemetery would have planted thousands of trees with the funding. -
St. Louis University postponed its formal apology for its role in slavery Wednesday because descendants of people enslaved by Jesuits say they couldn’t participate in it. -
Rx Online is offering free medication to low-income seniors in the St. Louis area through its Fill the Gap Prescription Assistance Program. The pilot program will provide medications for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma and allergy-related illnesses. -
The hospital's license was suspended by the state last December for insufficient blood supply. The three-bed hospital in north St. Louis’ license was set to expire at the end of the year. -
People in north St. Louis County are starting to recover after damage from a Friday afternoon fire in Bellefontaine Neighbors and a Friday night tornado that moved through several communities, including Florissant. -
A recent Pew Research report shows that fewer St. Louisans identify as Christian, which mirrors a national trend. The report also shows that 31% of adults in the Metro area are not affiliated with any religion, up 10% from 2014. -
The St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in north St. Louis received $500,000 from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to restore its 120-year-old stained glass windows. -
After the Trump administration paused immigration efforts in January, the effects on families across the nation have been devastating. One Afghan man says his family members who were supposed to arrive in February are in limbo, and he needs St. Louisans to advocate for refugee resettlement funding. -
The St. Louis Reparations Commission ended its 18-month study on the city's history of racism last October. Mayor Tishaura Jones doesn’t yet have a plan for reparations but says cash payments would be unconstitutional.
