M. Jenea Sanchez was born and raised in Douglas, AZ / Agua Prieta, SON. After receiving her MFA from Arizona State University in 2011, she returned to Douglas to pursue her career as an artist and educator. She is currently a faculty member at Cochise College in the Digital Media Arts Program and is the founder of Border Arts Corridor (BAC), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit arts organization providing the borderlands community an immersive arts district through bi-national artwalks, workshops, performances, public dialogues and artist residencies.
Her work has been presented at 25CPW New York, The Latino Museum of Art and History, PHX Fringe Festival, and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.