Born in Bogota, Colombia. Ms. Sandra began her musical training at the Conservatory of Music of the National University. She received her undergraduate degree, Major in Cello at Juan N. Corpas University in Colombia under the mentoring of Henkyk Zarcycki and Minor in Conducting. Her Monograph Degree Research was selected to be a National Heritage being part of the Musical Documentation Center in the National Library of Colombia. In her Country she worked as a teacher of Cello in the Suzuki Program at the National University; she also served as a teacher of Cello and Theory at the National University, University of the Andes, University of Cundinamarca, Batuta Meta (National program for creation of orchestras similar to El Sistema), Foundation Youth Orchestra of Colombia and several private academies and training schools in Bogota. In 2008 she was the winner of the Research Fellowship of the Bank of the Republic ” Fellowship Luis Angel Arango Library 50 years”.
In 2020 and 2021 she was selected by the Colombian Government as one of the 100 outstanding Colombians living abroad thanks to her social and cultural work with several organizations and ONGs in Hong Kong such as The Holy See Mission, Hong Kong Baptist University, General Consulates of Colombia, United Arab Emirates, Italia, Spanish Chamber of Commerce, El Sistema Hong Kong, Speaking Spanish Women Association, The Chinese Foundation Secondary School and Italian Art Foundation.
She has been sharing her love for learning, teaching, and performing music in The United States, Mexico, Argentina, The Philippines, Colombia, Spain, UK, Belgium, Italy, Germany, France, Israel, Venezuela, Holland, France, Czech Republic, and Mainland China. She has been teaching Cello for more than 20 years, the last nine based in Hong Kong working as a Cello teacher receiving outstanding comments about her students among the Cello World Community.
Ms Sandra has a Master degree in Neuropsychology and Education and completed her Suzuki trainings in Suzuki Philosophy, Cello Books 1 to 6, Teaching strategies and Group Class with registered Suzuki Trainers Tanya Carey, Guilda Barston, Carol Tarr, Carey Beth Hockett, Avi Friedlander, Patricia Pasmanter, Caroline Fraser, Barbara Balatero and Shu-Yi Scott.
B.M. Major Cello, Minor Conducting, Juan N. Corpas University
M.E. Neuropsychology and Education, Universidad International de la Rioja
Suzuki Cello Teacher Certification Book 1-6, Suzuki Association of The Americas