Becky Sanchez serves as the Assistant Dean of Student Success in The School of Business where she is responsible for managing the student experience. She oversees all School of Business student support and career services, programming, and operational elements. When asked what she does, she says that she identifies barriers that exist for students and works to eliminate them or help students overcome them.
Becky grew up at PSU. Her father spent his career working in Facilities at Portland State and he instilled in her a sense of pride and appreciation for the work that PSU does for the community and for students. Becky has been at Portland State since 1998, beginning in the PSU mail room as a student employee. Becky has been focused on improving the student experience at PSU as a staff member since 2003. Formerly a professional advisor and career counselor, she uses her experience serving students to inform the development of programmatic innovations in student recruitment, retention, degree completion, and career services.
Becky has experience teaching career preparation courses, internship and practicum skills classes, and college success courses. She loves helping students with their career planning and seeing them achieve professional success.
Becky completed a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Marketing in ’03, a Master’s degree in Counseling in ’08, and a Doctorate in Education with a focus on Postsecondary Educational Leadership in ‘20. All of Becky’s degrees are from PSU, and some say Becky loves PSU so much that she bleeds green.