Andrea De Toledo

Andrea De Toledo is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Pratt Institute, where she has taught Literary and Critical Studies I and II since 2017. She also teaches in the English Language Studies Program at The New School.
Andrea began her career as a foreign language educator and teacher educator in Brazil. Her work is grounded in the belief that language is a form of social action—relational, political, and deeply connected to identity, community, and lived experience. Drawing on critical pedagogy, raciolinguistics, Black feminist thought, and Indigenous relational frameworks, she engages students in readings and practices that question assumptions about culture, knowledge, and power.
She creates opportunities for students to engage dialogically and reflectively with literature, visual culture, and media, examining how stories and cultural texts shape identity, power, and possibilities for connection. Her approach is guided by relational accountability—the idea that education is enriched when students’ varied experiences, perspectives, and forms of knowledge are recognized and valued.
Andrea holds an M.A. in Higher Education from the University of Chichester/University of Southampton and a Diploma in Language and Methodology from the University of Cambridge. She has worked as a teacher educator and curriculum developer and has served as a proposal reviewer for the TESOL International Convention.
She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Conor, their daughter, Stella, and their cat, Tiddles.

Master of Arts in Higher Education, University of Chichester, United Kingdom.