Sandra Campbell

Born in Houston, Texas, Sandra Campbell showed an early aptitude in writing and performing. Throughout her middle and high school years, she was active in speech tournaments and choir. While attending the University of Houston, she starred in a production of George C. Wolfe's "The Colored Museum." After graduating college with a degree in psychology and a minor in political science, she worked in the mental health field for almost five years. She also worked as a corporate language training teaching English as a Second Language. In 2004, Sandra switched gears and decided to follow her passion in acting and writing. Working with a local acting and production studio, Next Actor, Sandra starred in several shorts and independent features. As a contributor and on-air talent expert for StudioD, her work has appeared on websites such as Livestrong, eHow, Global Post, Modern Mom, and The Classroom. Her screenplay, "Hyde Park," received an honorable mention in the Fort Bend Writer's Guild First Ten Screenplay and Novel Competition. In 2009, Sandra was awarded a poetry fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center, and her short story, "Running on Fumes in 1999," was published by Crack the Spine Literary Magazine in May 2014. She was a quarter-finalist and semi-finalist for the 2016 Mary Ballard Poetry Prize. Sandra's feature scripts "Article V" and "Bare" were official selections of the 2015 and 2016 Oaxaca Film Festival, respectively. Her script "Article V" won the Outstanding Drama Award at the 2017 Sacramento International Film Festival. Sandra's psychological thriller "Fade to Black" was a quarter-finalist in the 2018 Scriptapalooza screenplay contest. She is the author of "A Practical Guide to Learning American English: Useful Tips for High Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced English Students." Sandra is an active member of the National Writers Union and serves as a contract adviser on the Grievance and Contract Division Committee.