Luis Sanchez

Luis comes to Stanford after several years in politics. Over the last decade, he has served as an advisor to two US presidential candidates and to the Vice-President of El Salvador and has helped develop policy plans around climate and immigration justice. In 2014, the President of El Salvador appointed Sanchez to serve as a policy advisor to the Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, DC. In the middle of the 2014 American Immigration Crisis, Sanchez led a task force that ended up reuniting more than 2,800 unaccompanied minors with their families. He left his post at the Embassy to join a newly created Impact Venture Capital firm in Palo Alto focused on environmental resilience and social justice. Sanchez left after backing more than 30 companies and raising $1.1B in equity. In 2017, Sanchez joined the Tom Steyer Presidential campaign as Special Assistant to the candidate, and then as Deputy Political Director. When Steyer dropped out of the race, Sanchez joined the Biden campaign as Deputy Coalitions Director. Luis is a professional of high integrity and a strong sense of social justice - always ensuring values and purpose are at the core of all decisions. A native of El Salvador, Sánchez Tejada earned his bachelor’s in political science with an emphasis in international relations from UC Berkeley. He speaks Spanish and English. In his spare time, he enjoys running, playing handball, exploring the US and watching FC Barcelona play.