Dr Jessy Sanchez is a distinguished alumna of Global Peace with an excellent multilingual background in German, Spanish, Swiss German, English, French and Italian. Dr Jessy Sanchez has had an extraordinary career in promoting women in politics, and is an ardent activist with many awards for international cooperation and from international organisations. Her international conference presentations are known for their use of sign language and their focus on including women in politics, young people and people with disabilities. She is a polyglot, writer, poet and an ambassador of peace and human rights. Her leadership is highlighted by a community of half a million women who work to empower women in businesses and financial freedom. She is the founder of the new Dominican Women’s Chamber of Commerce, which promotes the empowerment of women in leadership, rural women with few resources as well as the rehabilitation of incarcerated women into the labour market, in Latin America.
Jessy completed her primary education at San José School in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, and Luberzen Schulhaus in Switzerland. Between 1986 and 1990, she completed her high school education at Barchiller, Luberzen Schulhaus, in Switzerland, and later obtained her diploma in Dietikon, Switzerland. In 2000, Jessy obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in International Business and Political Science from the Adult Academy, Minerva University Institute in Zurich. Additionally, in 2009, Jessy further trained in a Master of Events and Sponsorship at the KV Business School, Zurich Business School, Switzerland, and in 2015 obtained an MBA RRI in Diplomacy in Geneva, Switzerland. As an academically inclined personality, Jessy further obtained a Diploma in Political Marketing and Electoral Campaign Marketing in 2022. She has also attended workshops in youth leadership and tourism.
Jessy has undertaken many social projects, including the 2017 PRO Viva Dominican Switzerland Foundation that supported the Great Marathon Aid for the victims of floods in Puerto Plata. She also took part in the Great Independence Day gathering of Dominicans in 2017 and the Great Dominican Carnival Parade in 2017, both in Zurich, Switzerland. Jessy also took part in the International Day of Gender Non-Violence in 2018 and the Great Dominican Carnival Parade in 2018 in Zurich, Switzerland. She also took part in the Talk and Apéro ‘Government Works’ in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2019. Jessy was named Ambassador for Fespo in 2019 and Bernexpo 2019 tourism fair. In 2020, Jessy supported food and supplies aid in the Dominican Republic during the pandemic.
In 2021, Jessy was named a Member of the WTO and WEF, World Trade Organization, Economic Forum World Cup in Switzerland. Jessy was also appointed Coordinator of labour market integration programmes for the Red Cross in Zurich, Switzerland. She is a columnist on socio-political topics and an Undersecretary of International Relations PLD, Women Coppal Member in the Listín Diario (Highly prestigious newspaper RD). In 2023, Jessy was an OAS electoral observer in several countries, and in 2024 a UN Liaison of the World Bank. Jessy is a part of the Salamanca University Link Higher education programmes for LATM, a Women’s Empowerment Activist and Founder of the Dominican Women’s Chamber of Commerce. In recognition of her extraordinary efforts through her career development, community empowerment and international activism, Jessy Sanchez was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa.
Global Peace welcomes Dr Jessy Sanchez to the Global Peace Team and wishes her well in her new appointment.
Congratulations! From the Office of the Global Coordinator General, Global Peace, ACCORD, Durban, South Africa.
