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 Sandra celebrates her blended heritage~ Purépecha & Scotch Irish; identifying as a California mestiza, she embraces not only her Mexican indigenous & European roots, but those of  her beloved home state, California, sun-blessed earthquake country on the cutting edge. 

 

She earned her Master’s & doctorate degrees in Jungian and archetypal depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she teaches adjunct, and is a contributing scholar at the Philosophical Research Society.

Her dissertation on the Mexican Day of the Dead is based on her research and personal experience living in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, home to the Purépecha people and her ancestry.

 

Sandra lived in four different states in Mexico, over a 15-year period, where she steeped herself in the local mythologies, pyramids, music, ritual & lore. She studied curanderismo throughout Mexico, created "Teatro Azul," ritual, storytelling and performance art; during her last years in Mexico, she interpreted for a Liberation Theology retreat center. where she received  a profound & encompassing education of her beloved Mexico. 

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 Sandra's research brings  a Jungian ritual art lens to the mythology, poetry, and cosmovision of Mesoamerica, and is the subject of her forthcoming book.

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