Henriquez wrote and translated works in Papiamentu, the Portuguese-based creole language spoken in Curaçao.

[1] During World War II, her husband started to work for Maduro & Curiel's Bank, they returned to Curaçao and took up residence near Landhuis Bloemhof.

Between 1949 and 1953, she would spend several months a year in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, where she was taught by Ossip Zadkine.

Her estate developed into a meeting place for the art scene attracting artists like Cola Debrot, Corneille and Peter Struycken.

[3] In 1981, Henriquez published Yaya ta konta, a collection of original stories[1] based on the oral traditions of Curaçao.

[2] After her death, Landhuis Bloemhof, the estate where she lived, was turned into a museum and art gallery in her honour.