Andrew Strong

 is a Magna Cum Laude graduate from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, where he studied philosophy, ethics, and logic. Currently, he attends Texas Tech University's School of Law in Lubbock, Texas, where he is a 2013 candidate for a Doctor of Jurisprudence. There, he is the philanthropy chair for Delta Theta Phi, an international law fraternity, as well as the Junior American Bar Association representative for the law school.

Andrew became interested in the private prison industry in Texas during the research for his senior thesis to obtain his Bachelor's of Arts. Subsequently, he played a role in updating Grassroots Leadership's publication, "Considering a Private Jail, Prison, or Detention Center?..." 

Andrew joined Texas Prison Bid'ness in 2009.