Andrea Castillo, who was born in Mexico, has reinvented her life several times: as a performer and ballet teacher; as a flutist, playing chamber music; as a musicologist, teaching at the University of the Americas Puebla, Mexico, and at Stanford University as part of the Ph.D., which she completed in 2009, and finally as a sentient being teaching Dharma in Spanish and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Andrea has practiced Insight Meditation with her teacher, Gil Fronsdal, since 1998 and has participated in many residential retreats. She has taught at the Insight Meditation Center, since 2011 where she offers a weekly meditation and dharma talk in Spanish.

Andrea Castillo, originaria de la ciudad de México ha reinventado su vida varias veces: como ejecutante y maestra de ballet; como flautista tocando en grupos de cámara; como musicóloga enseñando en la Universidad de las Américas de Puebla, México y en la Universidad de Stanford como parte del doctorado que terminó en 2009. Andrea ha practicado la meditación introspectiva con su maestro Gil Fronsdal desde 1998 y ha asistido a innumerables retiros residenciales. Andrea ha enseñado en el Insight Meditation Center desde el año 2011, donde ofrece una meditación y plática de dharma en español cada semana.