Kris Sanchez Biography
Kris Sanchez is an award winning bilingual journalist currently working as an anchor and reporter for NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 in “Today in the Bay” morning team. She joined the station in January 2004 and this is her 20th year of telling community stories.
Kris Sanchez Career
Her specialty is thinking fast, often in English and Spanish! Sanchez covers the Bay Area local issues such as breaking news. From the safety of the Bay communities to natural disasters like wildfires and the many quakes large and small that rock the region. In addition, she also contributed to coverage that earned her the prestigious Murrow and Peabody Awards. Sanchez was honored by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists for her feature, “Cesar Chavez, A Legacy of Hope.”
Prior to joining NBC Bay Area, she was an anchor and reporter at KGPE-TV, in Fresno, California, KVIA in El Paso, Texas, and KJCT in Grand Junction, Colorado. Before KGPE-TV, she spent two years as an anchor and correspondent at Channel One News. A current events network for 8 million middle and high school students across the nation. Sanchez covered the 2000 presidential campaign, the hand over of the Panama Canal and humanitarian work in Guatemala as a correspondent.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and Spanish Language from The University of Texas in Austin, Texas in 1996. Sanchez takes pleasure in being a life long learner who finds the human element in every story. Her reporting philosophy is listen more, talk less. Furthermore, she is a governor with the Northern California Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and is helping to grow the Spanish competition as an Emmy Awards vice-chair. Sanchez is married to a fellow journalist and the couple is proud parents of two teenage daughters who are bilingual students in American Public schools.
In her free time, over many weekends you can catch Sanchez reading or knitting under a pop-up tent at a swim meet somewhere around in the Bay Area.
Kris Sanchez Age
Sanchez was born on 7 August but there is no information on her year of birth. However, will update as soon as the information is available.
Kris Sanchez Height
There is no information about her height. However, will update as soon as the information is available.
Kris Sanchez Education
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and Spanish Language from The University of Texas in Austin, Texas in 1996.
Kris Sanchez Family
She was born in Colorado and grew up in Colorado, Venezuela and Texas . There is no information about her parents or siblings. However, will update as soon as the information is available.
Kris Sanchez Husband
Sanchez is married to a fellow journalist, Chris.
Kris Sanchez Children
Sanchez is a proud mother to two teenage daughters who are bilingual students in American Public schools.
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