ALEGRIA SANCHIS

SENIOR Manager of community GROWTH

ALEGRÍA SANCHIS serves as The Oped Project’s Senior Manager of Community Growth, where she celebrates, elevates, and amplifies the OpEd Project’s community and mission. She works to expand reach, drive participation, and create transformative experiences. Her work is rooted in the belief that every voice has the power to shape the world.

Alegría is a graduate of the University of Navarra in Spain, where she majored in Media and Communications. She co-wrote and directed the short film, “Walking the Way,” which premiered in 2019 and was selected for the Hispanic Culture Festival in Florida, and the Ibero-American Short Film Festival ABC (FIBABC) in Madrid. She was also a cinematographer on the film, “Silence Sam,” a student-led documentary following the most recent movement to remove the Confederate monument from UNC-Chapel Hill’s doorstep. The film premiered at the Indie Grits in Columbia, South Carolina, and was showcased at the Maupintown Film Festival in Charlottesville.