Born in Des Moines, Iowa and raised in Millbrae, California and later in Las Vegas, Nevada, she is the younger of two sisters.
The duo went on to win the 1992 Star Search Teen Dance Championship and performing as an opening act on the Las Vegas Strip.
Sandra went on to teach for the Cheerleading Association and attended the University of Oregon where she completed her Bachelor of Arts degree.
She focused her studies away from dance and graduated with Honors from the Department of Sociology writing a thesis entitled "Biracial Identity Development."
She appeared in television shows Boston Legal, Viva Laughlin, MadTV, Dancing with the Stars (with Raphael Saadiq), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Singing Background for both Paulina Rubio and Katharine McPhee) as well as the movies Bring It On: All or Nothing and The Day The Earth Stood Still.