Remembering Sandy Sanchez

Donna Tuttle, the projects coordinator at the San Antonio Business Journal, remembers her colleague, special projects editor Sandra Lowe Sanchez, who died Tuesday after suffering from cancer.

Tuttle writes, “Her career and legacy at the Business Journal touched many lives. She was a passionate professional, a kindhearted friend and colleague, a proud mother and wife, a champion of the underdog, and, well, a force with which to be reckoned.

“A New England daily newspaper reporter for several years, Sandy came to our weekly business newspaper with a zest for telling people’s stories and seeking and unearthing the truth. Justice and fairness were her compasses, and she used both as she navigated the banking beat during the early 1990s’ savings and loan bust.

“Over time, she found the tricky balance between meeting and befriending local bank professionals and covering her beat with integrity. That meant having lunch with the savings and loan president one day and scrutinizing his organization’s balance sheet the next. Her duty, as she always liked to say out loud, was to her readers.”