Andrea Soto Frumkin

Andrea Soto Frumkin's background and education have fully prepared her to direct Mexico Advisor's Title Division and deal with cross-border issues. Growing up in a stimulating and enriching San Miguel de Allende household, but spending summers with grandparents in New York and New Jersey, made it possible for her to enjoy the varied cultural benefits of two countries. Her American, artist mother and Mexican, lawyer father, made sure that she would always feel at home in either setting. In keeping with this pattern, Andrea enrolled at Ithaca College, in upstate New York and graduated with a BS in International Business.

After graduation, she went to work, in Querétaro, for Industria del Hierro as the U.S.-Mexican liaison and manager of the price analysis department. The position required that she travel extensively and negotiate contracts with U.S. suppliers such as Bechtel and Petromarine. She then was hired by Quetzal Films, a small entrepreneurial film company that allowed her to wear many hats. Through this flexibility, she gained further valuable experience, primarily in project administration and finance. Although Quetzal's business focused largely on film production, Andrea undertook a major project involving the research and development of a film studio complex designed to house production studios and a film institute. Assignments to open and market the company's boutique hotel and a stint as a production manager further demonstrated her diverse capabilities. In addition, she used her bilingual, bicultural skills when convincing potential clients in the U.S. of the benefits of filming and producing in Mexico. All of this experience clearly serves her well today as a principal with Mexico Advisor.

Andrea spends her free time, traveling, watching films, reading and appreciating art and art history.