Early Life
Sanchez was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a third-generation Mexican-American: her grandfather came to the United States from Mexico in the early 20th century. The family lived comfortably until Sanchez was 15 years old when her parents divorced. Sanchez moved with her mother to a one-bedroom apartment in Sugar Land, a suburb in the Houston metropolitan area where she joined the "working poor," getting a job during high school to support her mother and grandmother.
After high school, Sanchez went to work selling Collier's encyclopedias door to door in order to work her way through college. In four years, she travelled through 1,000 counties in 23 states. Sanchez was an accomplished salesperson, eventually rising through the ranks to field manager and making enough money to provide for her family as well as college. Sanchez attended George Washington University, graduating in 1997 with a journalism degree.
In 2002, Sanchez obtained a Masters in Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University.
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