Sanchez was a dual sport athlete at Santa Teresa High School in San Jose, California, where she also excelled in track and field.
[2] Sanchez played for the Silicon Valley Red Devils of the USL W-League and Women's Premier Soccer League from 1995 to 2000.
[5] She served as an assistant coach to Angela Kelly at the Texas Longhorns women's soccer team from 2017 to 2020.
[5] In May 2021, the Division III Illinois Wesleyan Titans women's soccer team hired Sanchez as its head coach.
[7] The Colorado College Tigers NCAA Division I women's soccer program hired Sanchez as its head coach in December 2021.