Mario Lopez: One on One with NFL Jet's Quarterback Mark Sanchez

Mario Lopez: One on One takes Latinos(as) in the United States that have made it famous and pursued a career in something they are very passionate about.  In this episode Mario interviews current NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez.


Mark Sanchez grew up in southern California with divorced, yet supportive parents.  They had always encouraged Mark to keep up his studies and to find a talent he enjoyed and pursue it as a career. Sanchez took up football and soon found himself drafted into NCAA football by southern California's most famous college, USC.

While Mark attended USC, a growth of fame rose along with his career as starting quarterback.  The latino community paid more attention of the rising star and Sanchez claimed that his position was bigger  then he imagined, because he was now representing the Latino community in football.  Sanchez had decided to be drafted into the NFL as a junior at USC, however he had signed a letter of intent to USC that he had plans to graduate.

After graduating in 2009, Sanchez went onto his NFL career.  He had become the first Latino quarterback to enter the NFL and received support and praise by the Latino community.  Sanchez claims that he has reached his success by having support from his mother and father.  Being Latino was very much so a key to his successful career by the amount of encouragement he received from his mother and father.

This breakthrough of a Latino becoming a quarterback (a mostly caucasian position) was a huge idea for Latinos throughout the country.  The picture of seeing someone who had worked hard to get where he is today is encouragement and assurance that anyone, no matter what skin-color they are, can be what they want to be.  

-Alex