Alberto Patricio Cardenas, Sr., who worked with Sanchez at both Nixon High School and in the counseling department at Laredo College, recalled that Sanchez was "always advocating for the rights of the students." [[José Roberto Juárez]], Sr., of Laredo, the LCC academic dean at the time, credited Sanchez for strengthening the college's counseling and athletic departments: "We worked together many years, and he was very cooperative in terms of handling any student problems."<ref name=wire/> | Alberto Patricio Cardenas, Sr., who worked with Sanchez at both Nixon High School and in the counseling department at Laredo College, recalled that Sanchez was "always advocating for the rights of the students." [[José Roberto Juárez]], Sr., of Laredo, the LCC academic dean at the time, credited Sanchez for strengthening the college's counseling and athletic departments: "We worked together many years, and he was very cooperative in terms of handling any student problems."<ref name=wire/> |