Councilor Miguel Sanchez

Councilor Miguel Sanchez represents Ward 6 including the Manton and Mt. Pleasant neighborhoods. Sanchez serves as the Majority Whip, Chair of the Pathway to End Gun Violence Advisory Council and Vice-Chair of the Rules Committee, Committee on Public Works, and the Special Committee on Environment and Resiliency. He is also a member of the Committee on Finance, Committee on Ward Boundaries,  and the Special Committee on Health, Opportunity, Prosperity, and Education (HOPE). 

Sanchez is a passionate community advocate with a long history of advocating for marginalized communities, whether that is providing testimony at the State House for Medicare for All or in the streets protesting injustices.

His abuelito moved to Providence in the late 1980s and started the first Mexican small business in Rhode Island. Sanchez was elected in 2023 and is the first Mexican-American to serve on the Providence City Council.

He currently is the Vice-Chair of the Olneyville Neighborhood Association Board.

Sanchez is looking to play an integral role in building compassionate systems that work for everyone in Providence and creating a more transparent government. In his free time, Miguel enjoys cruising in his lowrider and taking his dog’s Frida and Tallulah on long walks.