Sandy attended the University of British Columbia where she graduated from the Faculty of Education and pursued a teaching career. She returned to university to complete a 5th year of studies at the University of Victoria and 3 years later, pursued a Master’s Degree in Administration and Curriculum through Gonzaga University. Learning, teaching and leading have always been passions of Sandy’s. Sandy taught ESL for 8 years and completed her TESOL certificate through the College of the Rockies in 2008. She pursued a second Master’s Degree from Queen’s University in intercultural studies, known as the IETP in 2013. After completion of the IETP certificate, Sandy completed the IDI Qualifying Seminar for administration and interpretation of the Intercultural Development Inventory.
Sandy has worked closely with the Ministry of Education in the province of BC through her former role as president of IPSEA. She was asked by the MoE to chair the committee responsible for the current Provincial Homestay Guidelines for the province and then worked with a team of 3 provincial colleagues to design the curriculum for the provincial “Global and Intercultural Studies” curriculum for students in grade 10, 11, 12 and now is currently working on teacher professional Development in intercultural studies for the province of BC. She understands immigration procedures as she completed the RISIA course through CBIE.
Sandy has traveled extensively around the world to recruit students to study in the Kootenay Lake District.