Bachelor’s degree in journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
Professional background:
Hayley Sanchez joined Colorado Public Radio as a Max Wycisk News Fellow in 2018. She worked alongside reporters, producers and editors to sharpen her radio and reporting skills before earning a full-time position as a general assignment reporter and producer.
Previously, Hayley was a digital producer at The Arizona Republic, where she produced the paper’s politics podcast, The Gaggle, and helped manage digital and multimedia content. She’s interned at The Denver Post, The Bulletin in Bend, Ore. and D.C. Witness in Washington. Hayley was also part of the Chips Quinn Scholars and Dow Jones News Fund programs.
This summer has seen protests over racially motivated police killings and calls for racial justice. Some of the attention focuses on acknowledging historic injustices. A listener asked Colorado Wonders if the state was the site of any lynchings.
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office says it’s seeing an even larger percentage of people using mail-in ballots in the state's primary election than in the presidential primary.
The day of protest began when thousands gathered at the Aurora Municipal Center at 1 p.m. to hear from family members and activists who demanded that police who were involved in the death of McClain be fired and face criminal charges.
Questions about whether that momentum will translate into votes in November remain, especially because some demonstrators have said they don’t have faith in the political system.