Sandra (Sandy) Flores grew up in the village of Inalahan on Guam, surrounded by her father’s CHamoru culture and her mother’s passion for art. She spent many years in the
continental US including time earning her bachelor’s degree in Anthropology at Northwestern University in Illinois and her Masters in Peace and Justice from the University of San Diego in California.

She enjoyed a career as an entrepreneur and gravitated toward the arts. In San Diego Sandy worked with the CHamoru diaspora as a board member of the CHE’LU organization. She helped to found the Uno Hit CHamoru dance and cultural education program in 2012 and in 2016 she helped establish the House of Chamorros organization that recently completed the House of Chamorros cottage in Balboa Park, San Diego, California.

Sandy was appointed Executive Director of Guam CAHA in June 2021. In this position, she hopes to create more collaborations between Guam and the island’s diaspora community. Her goals are to grow the agency’s capacity to provide public art, expand the visibility of Guam’s performing arts, and establish a non-profit arm of the agency.