Born in Sanford, Florida, Sandra Washington came to Sarasota at age five. She attended a business college in Washington, D.C. before moving to Jacksonville, Florida where she lived for four years. She attended Edward Waters College and has taken courses at Manatee Community College. Sandra relocated to Sarasota in 1970 where she worked for the City of Sarasota for 22 years. She started the Keep Sarasota Beautiful Program in 1987.

In 1992, Sandra transferred to Sarasota County to direct the countywide Keep America Beautiful affiliate. Sandra has been employed with the City and County for a combined 40 years.

Managing the day to day operations of the Keep Sarasota County Beautiful program. Sandra is accountable to the Environmental Services Business Center. Her major responsibilities are to coordinate programs and projects to be implemented by the county.

Sandra is the host and producer of a one-hour talk show on Comcast Cable Blab TV, Channel 21, every other Tuesday evening. This show originated as a 30-minute feature, "Women in the 90's" and proved so popular after one year, the general manager/owner asked Sandra to expand the production to a longer format known as,"The Sandra Washington Show." Guests and their topics are not limited to area businesses, but include government, non-profit organizations, entertainment and educational focus. Local professional and business supporters underwrite the show.

Sandra has hosted many other TV shows, such as the County's Y2K Millennium on Access 19. She also hosted a TV show for a local doctor for 6 months.

Among her many contributions to the citizens of the area, she has participated on the Chamber of Commerce Sarasota Leadership Steering Committee, (graduate of the class of 1993), a member of North Sarasota Business and Professional Women's Club; Ambassador for the Chamber of Commerce; United Way Allocations Committee, Putting on the Glitz Fashion Show Committee, Black Achievers Program Steering Committee, The Friends of Myakka River, Inc., Take Stock in Children Mentor, Keep America Beautiful Affiliate of Florida Board of Directors and McIntosh Middle School Advisory Council.

Outside of our immediate area, she is a member of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators, the National Association of Executive Females and the Florida Communication Committee of Keep America Beautiful. She serves on the Keep America Beautiful Affiliate of Florida state executive board as vice president.  Sandra is also a member of the Sarasota County NAACP Branch organization.

Sandra has received the Woman of Color, Status of Women, Community Service and Soldiers without Swords Awards, her name was submitted for the 1999 "She knows Where She's Going Award" to name a few. Sandra was honored with The Woman of the Year award 2010.

She is a member of Mount Raymond Full Gospel Baptist Church and has one son, Toddrick.

Along with the above-mentioned, Sandra has been a fashion model for more than twenty-five years. She has been in the acclaimed "Putting on the Glitz" production for many years. In addition to her modeling and other talents, she has also performed television and radio commercials, as well as voice-overs for television and commercial PSAs.

In her spare time, Sandra enjoys exercising, practicing and learning about healthy living, dining, movies, and reading.