Musician, lecturer and writer, Edis Sanchez is the current General Director of Popular Participation and former National Director of Folklore of the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic. He is a researcher in the field of anthropology, a field in which he has developed studies focused on intangible cultural heritage (ICH), especially in music, musical instruments, rituality, carnival and culinary art.

With a broad and recognized professional career, he is a member of UNESCO’s Global Network of ICH Facilitators, the Dominican Society of Anthropology (SODAN) and the Institute of Caribbean Studies (INEC).