A Pennsylvanian since 1966, Andrea Baldeck graduated from Vassar College with an AB in Music, Phi Beta Kappa and was Valedictorian of her class. She obtained her MD with honors from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed two residencies, becoming board certified in internal medicine and anesthesia. She practiced anesthesia at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and its satellites in Philadelphia, and volunteered her services in the developing world on multiple trips to Haiti and Grenada. A lifelong interest in photography led her to prefer the darkroom to the operating room, producing to date eight books and forty solo shows. Retired from the practice of medicine, she continues to travel and photograph widely, and when at home in Philadelphia, to serve on multiple nonprofit boards.