Sandy Holden was born in Chicago. She is a fun-loving, gregarious girl who loved to draw pictures and ride her horse Sonny in competition. At 15, Sandy dove off of a boat into shallow water and had a spinal cord injury. Sandy says, I lost my horse, and my body all in the same year. But Sandy is a strong willed survivor. After months of spine and neck surgery and rehab at Shriner's Hospitals for Children, she resumed her life. Sandy continued to pursue her art. She painted a 4x4-foot painting that was hung in the parent's...more
