Paola Sanchez

About Paola Sanchez

I am actively connecting with professionals, founders, investors, and tech leaders who care about women\'s safety and social movements. Founder of \"Are We Dating The Same Guy?\" — a global women’s safety network with 10M+ members across 250+ Facebook communities and growing. What started as one local group has become an international movement empowering women to share information, support one another, and stay safer while dating.The community has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, NBC, The Washington Post, Business Insider, The View, New York Post, Inside Edition, and many others.Mobilized the AWDTSG community to raise over through GoFundMe and member contributions, supporting key safety initiatives and showcasing the remarkable trust, unity, and collective power of the movement.Now building a platform that expands this mission — bringing safety, transparency, and community to women everywhere.

Experience

1. Facebook Community Builder Awdtsg Network

   Meta

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Manage one of the largest independent community networks operating on Facebook known as \"Are We Dating The Same Guy?\", reaching over 10M women globally.• Operate and moderate 250+ Facebook Groups, leveraging Meta’s community management tools and safety features.• Led grassroots fundraising efforts that demonstrated extraordinary trust and engagement from AWDTSG’s global community.• Work closely with platform systems, policies, and community guidelines to maintain a safe, scalable, high-engagement ecosystem.• Media Coverage: The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, NBC, The Washington Post, Business Insider, The View, New York Post, Inside Edition, and many others

Education

• UC Santa Barbara

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, International/Global Studies