Sandra is a member of ICM (International Confederation of Midwives) and she has been an International speaker on subjects including lesbian health care, fertility and preconceptual care, intimate partner violence and cultural aspects of childbirth. She has participated in research in cervical cancer and is a member of the Michigan Cervical Cancer Consortium.

Sandra enjoys her practice as a nurse midwife. She feels that giving birth is a transformative and empowering experience for women and their families. Her pastimes are traveling and practicing yoga.

"Every birth is diverse and unique and as individual as the woman defining her own experience."

Academics:
Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing/ CNM 1995
Case Western Reserve University/ MSN 1996
Grand Valley State University/ BSN 1994
Muskegon Community College/ RN 1986