Sandy Gutiérrez is a 4th generation Texan. She grew up in Houston and received her BA and MEd at the University of Houston. She started teaching at 21 and never stopped. She has been a teacher for 40 years at all levels from third grade through college. She taught the AP Spanish language course for 20 years and the AP Spanish literature course for 14 years, 10 of those years via television (distance learning) to students throughout Fairfax County, Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Sandy has supervised student teachers for the University of Texas Department of Education. She has been an AP^® consultant for over twenty years and has led one-day workshops for the College Board^® and has conducted summer institutes in both Spanish language and culture and Spanish literature and culture. She was an AP^® Spanish Reader for over ten years and reviews/scores syllabi for the AP Spanish Literature and Culture Course.