"Adriel Sanchez was Newsela's former chief marketing officer, and was responsible for bringing Newsela’s mission, message and products to market. He is an accomplished marketing leader with demonstrable success across a number of industries and geographies. He’s unapologetically data-driven, but prides himself on pragmatism and balancing the science and art of marketing. This combination has enabled him to build and scale a variety of marketing functions at Citibank, SAP, and most recently, Commvault – a leader in the enterprise data protection space. Adriel was born to Cuban immigrants and raised in Queens, New York, where he still resides today. He has a marketing degree from Baruch College, City University of New York."