She continued her education at San Diego State College, University of California, Berkeley, and graduated from UCLA School of Law (class of 1950).
[5] Sankary was elected to the California Assembly in November 1954 from San Diego (AD-79), winning out over Chester E.
[5] The Regional Oral History Office at the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley interviewed her in 1977, part of a series on women legislators.
[10] She wrote biographical notes of her life history, which is held at San Diego State University.
[11] She was married to Allen Young in 1942, and he died six months later in war while serving as a pilot in the United States Navy.