Andrea Tager Ballesca

Andrea Tager Ballesca is a medical student from Houston who entered The Amazing Race season 39 with her father, residential developer Anuar Tager.

Biography

Andrea Tager Ballesca is a medical student and The Amazing Race season 39 contestant from Houston. She raced alongside her father, Anuar Tager.

The Amazing Race season 39 with her father Anuar Tager.

The Amazing Race season 39 with her father Anuar Tager.^[1]

Career 1
Rice and Brown education
Ballesca graduated from Rice in 2023 and completed a master’s in medical science at Brown in 2024.^[4]
Career 2
A project on pediatric follow-up care
Brown’s 2024 capstone list credits her with research on barriers to repeat pediatric lead testing and an active recall system. The university names Morgan Motia and Cristina Pacheco as her project mentors.^[5]
Career 3
Continuing into medical school
By September 2026, Ballesca was attending the Medical College of Wisconsin, following her undergraduate and graduate studies at Rice and Brown.^[4]
Career 4
From watching to applying
She and Anuar applied after seeing an on-screen casting announcement. Andrea received the callback and contacted her father, who initially thought she was joking.^[4]
Career 5
Learning to drive for the race
Anuar taught her to drive a borrowed manual-transmission Fiat. They practiced using paper maps and trained outdoors carrying backpacks.^[4]