Alexa Sanchez, MA

Alexa Sanchez is a graduate from Sacramento State University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. She later attended Fresno State University where she graduated with a Master’s Degree in Communication Studies with a concentration in Health and Environmental Communication.  

As a Climate Equity Coordinator, Alexa is responsible for working with our Climate and Environmental Justice (CEJ) Director in the development and implementation of our community-based Climate Equity work at CCAC. Alexa ensures that vulnerable and underserved communities have an opportunity to participate in California’s transition to clean energy and transportation while providing resources and education to protect and support community resilience in response to extreme climate events, like smoke from wildfires. Alexa helps coordinate and integrate our different programs ranging from the EV Equity program, CALeVIP and CARES program. Her overall goal entails implementing our climate adaptation strategies to support the region’s most vulnerable populations, including low-income families who have children with asthma. 

Alexa grew up in Salinas, CA where she experienced the city’s pesticide drifts and polluted air quality. Her passion for non-profit work developed in high school when interning for a youth-led organization called Ciclovia Salinas. She was able to see her city’s hardships first-hand and felt the need to continue advocating for better health and environmental resources for low-income communities in other cities like Salinas, Sacramento, and now in Fresno. In her spare time, Alexa likes to take her two weenie dogs on walks and hikes.