Educational Career
Sanchez taught sixth grade at Ryan Elementary School for the Laredo Independent School District. One of his pupils was Tony Sanchez (no relation), the Laredo business tycoon who in 2002 became the first Mexican American in state history to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Sanchez recalled Tony Sanchez as "the only redheaded in my class . . . freckle-faced, and reminded me a lot of Tom Sawyer."
Sanchez also procured his master of education from TSU. In 1964, when the doors of J. W. Nixon High School opened in Laredo, Sanchez became the assistant principal. In the summer of 1969, he traveled to Evanston, Illinois, to study toward a doctorate degree in educational administration through Northwestern University. When Sanchez returned with his Ph.D. in hand, he accepted an offer from Domingo Arechiga (1926–1987) then the president of Laredo Community College (Laredo Junior College at the time) to become the dean of student services.
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