Andrés Henríquez, EDC director of STEM education strategy, is a national expert in science, educational technology, adolescent literacy, and policy. He brings extensive experience in philanthropy, having served as a program officer at the National Science Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Henríquez leads the EDC initiative Building a National Community of Practice to Support Regional Green and Blue Workforce Development and contributes to EDC’s Reading Futures project. Previously, he led EDC’s Preparing a Green and Blue Workforce convening.
Henríquez is deeply committed to making a difference in the lives of children and youth. For decades, he advanced this goal as an educator, researcher, advocate, and funder. He has led work in college and career readiness standards and assessments, including the writing and adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards. Earlier in his career, he led a partnership between Bell Atlantic and Union City Schools that fueled a community transformation and received national recognition from President Clinton.
Henríquez holds an MA from Teachers College and a BA from Hamilton College.