Nina Sánchez

Nina D. Sánchez is a holistic systems-thinker and strategist dedicated to moving the needle toward greater racial equity in her hometown of Chicago. As the first director of Enrich Chicago, a nonprofit-led movement dedicated to eliminating structural racism in the arts, Nina is responsible for articulating and advancing a powerful vision for the realization of Enrich Chicago’s mission.

Her professional roots are deeply sown in multicultural leadership and education. She has worked extensively with first-generation and underrepresented students and their families to increase access and success at all levels, from elementary afterschool programming to college persistence and career readiness. She subsequently moved from direct service into roles designing, implementing, and scaling student support programs for community college students across the Chicagoland area. Most recently, she led anti-racism organizing and cultural competence capacity building at Teach for America ∙ Chicago-Northwest Indiana where her efforts positioned regional staff to effectively equip 400 teachers with the skills necessary to lead in their classrooms as critically conscious educators.

Nina received her Masters of Arts in Latin American & Caribbean studies from the University of Chicago and a BA in anthropology and international affairs from Colorado College. She is a Surge Institute Fellow and was recently named to the 2017 class of Negocios Now 40 Under 40. Sánchez is deeply involved with several local advocacy and social justice-minded organizations, serving on the board of directors of the Chicago Foundation for Women and Latinas on the Plaza. She lives on the Northwest side with her partner Michael and their infant daughter, Vida.