Justina Sanchez is a San Diego native, mom and wife. She has been in the Testing, Inspection & Certification industry for over 18 years. In her role as a Product Safety Engineer, she did electrical safety evaluations of products before they went to market for consumers use. She now works as a Quality Engineer where she conducts internal audits in labs across North America in accordance with several different accreditation body requirements.
Justina is also a Technical Assessor for the IECEE (IEC Systems of Conformity Assessments Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components) where she conducts external audits at various companies globally, ensuring competence and consistent operations at different organizations who are performing laboratory activities.
Most recently Justina published her first book titled Extraordinary Engineers: Female Engineers of This Day and Time in hopes of providing a resource and inspiring other women to pursue a career in engineering, as well as documenting the extraordinary women who are changing the world around us.
Her passion for advancing women in STEM has been seen and felt by many as she mentors our next generation of engineers and is a speaker, presenter, and supporter for many organizations throughout the world.