Sandra Vista lives and works in Los Angeles. She received a BA in Art and a California Single Subject Teaching Credential in Art from San Diego State University, as well as an MFA in Painting from California State Long Beach. Between 1983 and 2015, Vista was an art instructor in the Los Angeles Unified School District and between 2000 and 2003, she served as an adjunct instructor at East Los Angeles College. Solo exhibitions include presentations at Vincent Price Museum and Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles. Her work has also been shown in exhibitions nationally and internationally, including presentations at the Organization of Independent Artists, New York; the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago; and at artist residencies in Budapest and Balatonfüred, Hungary. Vista maintains an independent writing practice and has curated exhibitions at I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, and Arena I, Santa Monica.