She taught in both public and private elementary schools for over seven
years, and home schooled her own children for four years.
Her mother is German. Her father, an American died in 1966. He
requested that Sandra and her brothers grow up in South Carolina (his
hometown) if he did not return from Vietnam.
Her father named her after the actress Sandra Dee.
Printwork and commercials have been a mainstay since college, but the
focus on film began in the late 1990s.
She obtained a master's degree in Guidance and Counseling.