A veteran journalist, Andrea Stetson has been covering northern Collier County for nearly 35 years. With degrees from Northwestern and NYU, she’s reported for ABC and CBS affiliates in Florida and Pennsylvania before settling into a distinguished career at the News-Press for over 25 years. Andrea started writing for Neapolitan Family in 2021 and has won awards from the Parenting Media Association for her articles. Andrea also writes for various publications, including the Naples Daily and Florida Weekly. She won the Newsmaker Award for distinguished news coverage of public education in Florida and the Media Award for hurricane coverage for her stories in The News-Press. Andrea lives in Collier County and enjoys boating, pickleball, traveling, swimming and spending time with her family and pets, including six large bunnies. She is also the author of the Lexi Lop series of children’s picture books. Andrea can be reached at agstetson@comcast.net.