Andrés Henríquez, EDC director of STEM education strategy, is a national expert in adolescent literacy, science, career readiness, educational technology, and policy. He brings extensive experience in philanthropy, having served as a program officer at the National Science Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Henríquez leads initiatives to improve literacy and STEM proficiency, career readiness, and workforce development. This includes strengthening systems to support advanced manufacturing in the U.S. and prepare a strong workforce for blue and green economies. He shares his literacy, STEM innovation, and workforce development expertise with the media and serves on the Board of Excelencia in Education.

At Carnegie, Henriquez launched an Advancing Literacy initiative that focused on Grade 4–12 students. He has led work in college and career readiness standards and assessments, including the writing and adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards. Early in his career, he led a partnership between Bell Atlantic and Union City Schools that fueled a community transformation and received national recognition.

Henriquez holds an MA from Teachers College and a BA from Hamilton College.