Sanchia currently works as the Interim Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at London Southbank University. She is a member of the CIPD and a fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
She has won numerous awards, being highly commended as a political figure in the Baton awards in 2020 and winner as outstanding public sector figure at the Precious awards in 2020. She was also named as one of 50 most inspirational Black women in the UK during Black History Month in 2019.