Matthew Henderson

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Matthew Henderson

Executive Director, OLÉ Education Fund

Matthew Henderson is Executive Director of the OLÉ Education Fund, which organizes New Mexicans around access to high-quality early childhood education, worker rights, immigration, climate change, and democracy issues. Since 1994, he has led successful efforts in New Mexico to raise the minimum wage and enact sick days legislation, prohibit predatory mortgage lending practices, pass the Early Childhood Education Constitutional Amendment, and fund the country’s first Universal Child Care program. Throughout his career, Mr. Henderson has cultivated effective collaborations between community, labor, and advocacy organizations that are instrumental in winning change for working New Mexicans.

Upcoming sessions featuring Matthew Henderson

09/23/2026
On Site at Plaza Justicia: Building Worker Power Through Partnerships
SHIFT Conference 2026

National Fund is now Shift Work Forward.