In 2002, Loretta and her younger sister, Linda Sánchez, made history by being the first sisters to be elected to serve together in the U.S. Congress.
Astonished the nation in fall 1996 by defeating longtime right-wing
incumbent Robert Dornan, in what was believed to be a safe Republican seat in
one of the most conservative counties in the nation.
Attended Chapman University, in Orange, California, where she was
selected in January 2002 to serve as the university's first Latina
member of the Board of Trustees. MBA from American University in
Washington, D.C., 1984.
Orange County Congresswoman from 1996 to 2017. Chose not to stand for reelection to the US House of Representatives in favor of running for the US Senate in 2016.
Appeared in the 2013 Academy Award nominated documentary "The Invisible War".