William Q. Sanchez

William Q. Sánchez (Willie Sánchez) was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico. His parents moved their family to Newark, New Jersey, in the 1950s, where his father became one of the district leaders in the Puerto Rican neighborhood that was demolished to make room for the building of the Rutgers–Newark Campus. He later graduated from Rutgers- Newark in 1976 with a degree in Theatre Arts and Speech. He began working at NJN (New Jersey Network) in 1979. Mr. Sánchez served as the executive producer/director of Images/ Imágenes, a cultural and public affairs show. In 2010, he won an Emmy Award with the television special "The Spanish Guitar" featuring Jose Feliciano and was acclaimed for his special "The Golden Age of Dance: The Palladium (2008)" that went worldwide on the internet and is being used in dance classes in California and Rutgers’ Mason Gross. Before NJN shut down in 2011, Images/Imágenes was the longest-running Latino series on television. During his career spanning over 35 ye...