Carlos Sanchez

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Carlos Sanchez is director of Public Affairs for Hidalgo County in Deep South Texas. Before his current role, Sanchez was a 35-year veteran of the news industry. He left journalism as a senior editor for Texas Monthly magazine based in the Rio Grande Valley. He has also served as executive editor for the (McAllen) Monitor, as well as the Waco Tribune-Herald. Sanchez began his career with the (Fort Collins) Coloradoan newspaper and in short order worked as a reporter for the El Paso Herald-Post and the Austin American-Statesman before becoming a staff writer for The Washington Post. He returned to Texas in 1994, working for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram before entering management by returning to the Austin American-Statesman, where he helped direct coverage of the presidential election of George W. Bush for the Cox newspaper chain. Sanchez earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and lives in McAllen, Texas.

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