Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams is a first-generation American, born to Panamanian parents and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. He received his first taste of construction at age 14 as a carpenter's apprentice with his uncle's company in Washington, D.C. As an adult, Andrew spent two years in the U. S. Army, specializing in field artillery at Fort Sill, Okla. He has also held a post as a hardware/tools specialist at the Home Depot flagship store in New York City, where he conducted learning clinics including kids' sessions and do-it-herself courses designed for women. Andrew has been featured on Home Depot in-store clinic videos and a local news safety segment for senior citizens in the home.