Andres is an advanced doctoral student in the Human Development program of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research explores the effect social relationships among peers on the healthy development of children and adolescents. In his work, Andres employs theories and methods from social and developmental psychology, sociology, economics, and statistics to investigate the extent to which children and adolescents modify their behavior to adapt or adopt that to the influence of their closest peers. Andres holds a B.A in Psychology and an Ed.M from the Universidad de los Andes, in Bogota, Colombia.