Andrés Henríquez is a program officer in the education division of Carnegie Corporation of New York, where he leads the Corporation's Advancing Literacy initiative.

Prior to joining the Corporation, Henríquez served as the Assistant Director for Strategic Planning, Center for Children and Technology (CCT) at the New York offices of the Education Development Center, Inc.

He has also worked at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington, DC, as an Associate Program Director, responsible for monitoring the Network Infrastructure for Education and assisted with the Research in Education Policy and Practice program.

Henríquez has served as a Research Coordinator at the Children's Television Workshop and as a senior research analyst at MTV Networks. He is also a certified teacher and taught for five years at a public elementary school in East Harlem.

Henríquez received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College and a master degree from Teachers College, Columbia University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the City University of New York Graduate Center.