Andrea Bryson is a settler born in Alberta with a background in social work. She has provided family law advocacy and legal advocacy for family violence survivors from 2006 to the present. Andrea currently provides training and mentorship to front-line workers supporting low-income folks navigating BC's family law system. Andrea is best known for her work with women with precarious status and women experiencing complex litigation and for her knowledge of BC’s legal aid system. She is a seasoned speaker and presenter on family law, intimate partner violence, and helping the legal systems to better support survivors of family violence.

Andrea's professional experiences have provided her with great insights into making systems better for survivors. However, Andrea's true expertise comes from her lived experience. As a formerly homeless youth and youth in care, she has lived experience of BC’s birth alert and child welfare system, income assistance, and used a variety of social programs to move her life forward. She went to Douglas College as a mature student and eventually to UVic to get her bachelor of social work. She is now completing her master's of social work at UBC. Andrea was a founding member of the Jane Doe Network which ran from 2009-2017 which was a loosely organized grassroots community of anti-violence workers organizing around improving access to justice. Andrea works at Rise Women’s Legal Centre as the Family Advocate Educator.