Kayti Sanchez (she/her/ella) is a proud Latina designer from South Florida.

She currently attends the University of Michigan, pursuing a BFA in Theatre Design and Production (Costume Design), with a Minor in Latino/a Studies.

With her mother working in the bridal industry, she was always surrounded by rolls of fabrics and sewing machines. Growing up, the seamstresses taught her to sew, helped her create her halloween costumes, and fostered her love as a maker. After attending her first New York Fashion Week with the designers and seeing the process from inital design to final runway show, she left inspired and developed a passion to pursue the arts as a career. From then on, she moved from the runway to the stage and started costume designing after watching her first Broadway show, Wicked. Her work has been displayed at the Norton Museum of Art, Kravis Center, and theaters around New York City, Florida, and the University of Michigan.

She uses the world around her, as well as her own culture and experiences, to influence her work.

Kayti is passionate about uplifting BIPOC voices not only onstage, but backstage as well.