Patricia Sanchez

Patricia Sanchez is the Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Instruction and is responsible for the development of the elementary curriculum, implementing instructional goals, providing campus support, providing staff development for campus leaders and campus administrators, and managing the Student Success Initiative.

She began her career in NISD in 1991 as a first-grade teacher at Passmore Elementary School. She has worked as a reading specialist at Howsman Elementary, an Educational Specialist at Education Service Center Region 20, and as the vice principal at Oak Hills Terrace and Thornton Elementary schools. In 2006, she became the principal at Passmore Elementary before being selected to serve as the first principal for Mireles Elementary School when the school opened in 2011. She moved to Central Office as the first director of Elementary Instruction for the district in August 2014.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio.