Her paternal grandmother was from Bessarabia. In 1991, at the age of 23, she joined TV Globo in São Paulo and made her debut as a girl from the time of the TV news program São Paulo J. In the following month, she started to present the weather forecast in Jornal Nacional, becoming the first woman to have a fixed profile on the TV news and to join ]N every day. He took the entrance exam, passed and started the journalism course while working. In April 1993, she was promoted to host ofFantásti- coalong with CelsoFreitas andFátima Bernardes. It presented outstanding editions, such as the one dedicated to the death of p-i lot Ayrton Senna, in 1994. Sandra also covered the choice of Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 and the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, in 2007. It was also up to the journalist, in March 2013, to report live on the choice of Benedict XVI's successor, Pope Francis. In 2008, Sandra received the Woman Press award as the best anchor in the country. He won the award again in 2009, 2014 and 2016. In April 2005, she also accumulated the role of editor-in-chief and presenter in the morning of the TV news program Globo Notícia. Sandra participated in the coverage of the FIFA World Cups in Germany-2006 and South Africa-2010. The best journalist of the year in Brazil 2012; 2016; 2017; 2018. The best TV News Presenter- Press Trophy 2019; Internet Trophy 2019.