Prior to her near-death or near-death-like experience, Sandy had been heavily involved with church and children's activities since she became pregnant with her first child. She was a Sunday School teacher, Youth Leader and director of Christmas and Easter Pageants. She worked for the school system as a payroll clerk, SIMS manager and substitute teacher. Sandy volunteered for Hospice and many other organizations to uplift those in need. Currently, Sandy is on the Board of Directors for ACISTE (American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences), www.aciste.org. She is also a forum administrator for ACISTE Experiencer Forum, which is a social network site for experiencers only. It is a place to share and discuss our experiences, challenges, gifts, missions or thoughts in a supportive, validating community of other experiencers. The idea is to make new friends as we help each other process our spiritually transformative experiences. Sandy also assists other forums such as: NDE-Space, ASCSI, and NHNE. She is a member of IANDS (International Association for Near-Death Studies, and co-leads the Triad Iands Support Group. She is married with two grown children and one grandchild.