How to pronounce “sandra” in English

It's like working at McDonald's, and going, wow, I'm going to make you tacos here.Sandra, my wife, jokes that I almost induced labor because I scared her so much.

Wow, guys. You were very accurate.Sandra here on the left is an extrovert.So there was a lot of accuracy in this room.

I will start with Sandra in the middle.Sandra Cornejo is a first-generation Salvadoran American artist born in Houston, Texas.Historical collective memory of post-civil war Salvadoran culture is an important influence and inspiration for her work.

She recently implemented a portfolio preparation course at Plaza de la Raza for students aspiring to continue their education and profession in the arts.Sandra received a BFA from VCU, with a concentration in painting and printmaking.Recipient of the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, she attended the Yale Norfolk Summer Program.

Was that hard? We have six, four, one.Sandra, you specifically chose one.Yolanda, like six. Rosalie chose four.

I don't know. Tell me, when and why?Sandra, you had a story as well.

I don't know. Tell me, when and why?Sandra, you were going to say anything?

12-year-old Tamir Rice being shot in Cleveland, Ohio.Sandra bland dying down in Texas.Freddie Gray in Baltimore.

I went to the telcos to try and sell "Moments with Mo," looking at what would the benefits be and opening billboards, saying, brought to youSandra was one of our producers then on "Moments." Because when we did "Moments," we used to have a Pan-African spin to all of our shows.

today ain't going to be no more room left in the circleSandra deos Eric Harris Frank Shephard

a place I can aspire to?Sandra Day O'Connor once said in a very important opinion on affirmative action, people across the countryneed to see that pathways to leadership are visibly available, and if they don't see people who look like them,

And I sent in an audition tape from Chicago and got cast from there.SANDRA MAE FRANK THROUGH INTERPRETER: Hi, my name is Sandra Mae Frank and I'm from Kentucky.I play the role of Wendla.

Oh, yeah, the Milan Conference.SANDRA MAE FRANK THROUGH INTERPRETER: OK, so the Milan Conference was a gathering that took place sometime in the 1880s.Back then, the sign language, ASL, was readily available.

But all of the music is-- So the signing-- ASL progresses?SANDRA MAE FRANK THROUGH INTERPRETER: If I may, I can expand on that a little bit.So just like English has changed over time, and it grows and develops, and some words aren't used anymore, and new words come in-- the same thing with sign language.

Are the lyrics maintained in the sign language?SANDRA MAE FRANK THROUGH INTERPRETER: No, no, it's completely different.It is completely different.

You said it all.SANDRA MAE FRANK THROUGH INTERPRETER: You know what, I will say, as an example, there's a line from the song that we did that-- I'm justgoing to sign it.

Here is Sorrow doing a new dance.SANDRA MAE FRANK THROUGH INTERPRETER: So instead of following exactly what the English words are, we go for more of the concepts.And so once people see what the signs are, and they're hearing the words, even if they don't understand each one right

because I have done two different productions of Spring Awakening prior to this.SANDRA MAE FRANK THROUGH INTERPRETER: We're just playing.

because I have done two different productions of Spring Awakening prior to this.SANDRA MAE FRANK THROUGH INTERPRETER: And I would also add that we've gotten letters, or people on Twitter or Tumblr, and even

One of her scouts.Sandra Bullock did, yes.And I did not know that.

Sandra: Hi everyone my name is Sandra Leung Li and I'm one of the many volunteers that help organize the Authors@Google events. So thank you all for joining us today. TodayI am very honored to extend a warm welcome to Alexis Maybank who is the co-founder of Gilt Groupe. Alexis has dedicated her career to building and launching innovative and compelling

tour. But it's been rewarding and so energizing at the same time.Sandra: And what is been your favorite city to visit?Alexis: Well, I always love coming home to New York.

Alexis: Well, I always love coming home to New York.Sandra: Of course. >>Alexis: That goes without saying. But it was very exciting to see how, something that was really relegated to Silicon Valley. Akind of entrepreneurial buzz and here's what's happening and dollars flowing to support ideas in different areas has come to New York. I saw that in Atlanta in a major way. Boston

has always been a bit of an entrepreneurial hub, but seeing it in Austin and Atlanta as strong as it was rooted there was pretty exciting to see and get more familiar with.Sandra: Yeah. >>Alexis: And not as much is happening quite in Miami yet. Not as much is happening quite as much in Chicago although Groupon's donequite a bit there. So I've been getting a greater pulse on entrepreneurial stirrings in different cities too. >>Sandra: Got it. So tell us why did you and

it was our opportunity to just state it, put it there and relay it to a larger audience.Sandra: The Gilt handbook. >>Alexis: At least some of our thoughts and lessons learned from the past five years in the trenches.Sandra: Perfect. And how is the actual book writing process? This is your first book.

Sandra: The Gilt handbook. >>Alexis: At least some of our thoughts and lessons learned from the past five years in the trenches.Sandra: Perfect. And how is the actual book writing process? This is your first book.Alexis: So everyone in this room knows what the pace of technology is like today right?

was just a testament to the different timeline you see in tech versus publishing, but also writing is a bigger endeavor than I would've thought two years ago.Sandra: Did you and Alexandra split up chapters or how did it work in terms of collaborating it? >>Alexis: We split up chapters, we would havebrainstorming sessions where we would kind of record a moment and flesh out down to okay

a frozen tundra of January, we would have missed a very important season.Sandra: Yeah, well it worked out for you. >>Alexis: It did.Sandra: Well, I wanted to focus on you a little bit. You've obviously been very successful in your career. So what do you attribute that success to?

Sandra: Yeah, well it worked out for you. >>Alexis: It did.Sandra: Well, I wanted to focus on you a little bit. You've obviously been very successful in your career. So what do you attribute that success to?Alexis: I, well, first of all, I've been a little bit on the venture capital side as

and then the trust level between the workforce and the management. I mean it sounds rational but I was, like, wow, I'd have to think about that? Interesting.Sandra: I think chains are a good thing to watch out for, we don't have them at Google.Alexis: Yeah, can you imagine if they had chains on all these doors, that's what those employees that that once they've had. >>Sandra: We should do that is a test sometime.

remain successful. We're not there yet, were only at 1000 people which is tiny from a Google standpoint.Sandra: You're getting there, you're getting there. Let's talk about Gilt, how is the actual idea of Gilt of born? >>Alexis: Gilt was born out of personal interestthat I had with my co-founder Alexandra in part and in part through a first seed investor

we try to translate that online in a number of different ways.Sandra: And so that's how the flash sale idea came about? I mean how did you guys pick the 36 hour time limit? >>Alexis: We wanted to create an experiencewhere every single time you came to the site the selection would be different, the experience would be different. There was never a guarantee that you could come tomorrow and find the

without over investing in technology, using the Cloud in many unique ways.Sandra: So we love data here at Google, and I'm sure you have a lot of data and analytics at Gilt. So can you see that people are mostly logging in mostly right at 12 PM for the sale?Is that when you see the highest spike? >>Alexis: Well, first of all we call them our shopping athletes. Men are just as competitive if not more than the ladies on the site. But

want. Or it sells out too quickly, so it's a very fine line that we walk.Sandra: And have you had any angry e-mails? >>Alexis: Oh never.Well, one of the funny stories that just emphasizes high emotion people have when shopping on Gilt. And this is something also that's exciting

to any number of things. And not to steal Andy Grove's line but it really is truly the paranoid that survive.Sandra: All right good to know, we'll all be paranoid then.Alexis: Yeah, it's just really not to say being fearful. Now there's looking over your shoulder but you're never done. You never finished. And as quickly as things get built

Alexis: It will be a fun event on Monday night as well, too.Sandra: Cool, last question before I open up to questions. Tell us something about yourself that we would find surprising about you. >>Alexis: That I balance a career mostly infashion by making sure that I do at least a one or two week excursion, camping excursion

most look at me in horror when I tell this to like that Zac Posen. That I still go to the outback of Alaska or other spots, try to at least a week a year.Sandra: Didn't know that. >>Alexis: I know it somewhat strange but I feel I need something at the other end of spectrum given my day job.Sandra: Cool, well are there any questions from the audience?

Sandra: Didn't know that. >>Alexis: I know it somewhat strange but I feel I need something at the other end of spectrum given my day job.Sandra: Cool, well are there any questions from the audience?Male #1: Thank you for being here. My question has to do with sales channel conflict. I'm quite curious as a discount seller of big fashion clothing, you mentioned Ralph Lauren.

were really many moments that we really thought we wouldn't be able to raise money for.Sandra: Sorry guys I think we only have time for one more question, I saw you walk up first. >>Female #2: Oh, I hope this is interestingenough. So my sister and I were talking about this a few weeks ago. We're both Amazon prime members and we both now don't buy anything online if we have to pay for shipping that

Female #2: Thank you. >>Sandra: Alright well, Alexis, thank you very much for joining us today. >>Alexis: Thank you for having me.Sandra: Thank you for your time.

And now we're going to see Sandra's work.And Sandra's very specific.You have this big, huge artwork.

I went to the telcos to try and sell "Moments with Mo," looking at what would the benefits be and opening billboards, saying, brought to youAnd Sandra's like, oh, that sounds really cool.

Her lids also engage in the same heaviness, even as some kind of internal lid begins to open.Somehow Sandra D.'s talk demands it.She says things like, 'Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

Next question. So-- I say it almost like in "The Silence of the Lambs." It puts the lotion in the basket.So Sandra Bullock, and her production company, they gave you your big break on TV.One of her scouts.

the mountain. So in the exhibition the pieces look like this. We have -- Shasta is on the right and Fuji is on the left. So we got two mountains conquered. Our goal was to go and go and go,and Sandra Cordero speaking about their pieces.

a minute and a half, so go that weekend. It's a fabulous movie.: by Sandra Bullock.Ayelet: Yes, that too, but it's.

The trick is knowing how to read them that way.Let’s look at Sandra Cisneros’s 1984 novel, “The House on Mango Street.” It tells the story of twelve-year-old Esperanza Corderoand her family in a working-class Chicago neighborhood.

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, et cetera, but it's basically "Die Hard" on a bus.

Our dream was Sandra Oh, and that just wasn't happening until Gennie's persistence, which describes why she's such an incredible producer.