During her time at The Associated Press, Sandy covered some of the biggest celebrity news stories of the decade, from Lindsay Lohan’s drama to Brad and Angelina’s divorce to the deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. More recently, she has written about less scandalous folks for American Way magazine.

Success or mess, who is the real Lindsay Lohan?

As Brangelina, Pitt and Jolie elevated their public images

Did Debbie Reynolds die of broken-heart syndrome?

Sandy loved Joan Rivers and wrote about her legacy after her death in 2014: Can we talk about how Joan Rivers blazed a trail for female comics and taboo topics?

When Bob Barker retired from “The Price is Right,” he called Sandy to break the news! Bob Barker retires after 50 years on TV

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Select film reviews follow:

“Coco”

“Mudbound”

“To the Bone”

“Hitman: Agent 47”

Sandy is a national board certified health and wellness coach and a senior writer at UCLA Health, where she writes about emerging research and doctor and patient stories. As a mental health columnist for Shondaland.com, Sandy visited the world’s largest ashram and interviewed psychologists and other experts from universities around the country.

Read some of her favorite stories here:

Constantly anxious? Ease your mind by asking yourself this one question

I went to the world’s largest meditation center

Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey want you to be happier

Is psychedelic-aided therapy a mental health game changer?

Interpreting the five stages of grief through fashion

Two first-generation Latino medical students go viral

Sandy has interviewed almost every celebrity under the sun (except, sadly, Prince). Some of her favorite conversations have been with Hugh Hefner, Quincy Jones, Daniel Day-Lewis, Drew Barrymore, Barbra Streisand, Harrison Ford, Don Cheadle, Stanley Tucci, Jennifer Lopez, Ava DuVernay and Jamie Foxx.

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Selected stories:

Casual day at the Academy Awards

Hugh Hefner in his scrapbooking room

Rod Stewart in his home gym

Saying goodbye to Chris Cornell