Andrea Reina was born in Salto, Uruguay, on August 28, 1976. Since she was a girl, she was inclined towards drawing and medicine. She never studied medicine and began painting after forty. At twenty she was the mother of her first daughter and in 2000 she emigrated to the United States. After different jobs and two more children, she came to paint. Seeking changes, she began to meditate, read, and ask herself questions. Normally she does not remember her dreams, but that day she remembered. It was a drawing made by her. That day she bought her first canvas, brushes and paint. That is how she began her dream