Sandy Avra:
CLASS OF 1971
Shawnee Mission South High SchoolClass of 1971
Overland park, KS
University of ArkansasClass of 1976
Fayetteville, AR
Sandy's Story
Life
I attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville where I was a Delta Gamma. I earned a B.S. in Microbiology and then attended Medical Technology school. After working for years in the Clinical Lab at Arkansas Children's Hospital, I transfered to the Cytogenetics Laboratory there and trained in Cytogenetics (Chromosome analysis) where I am still employed part-time. We do cancer and tumor research and clinical work for the bone marrow transplant program at the Arkansas Cancer Research Institute at the University of Arkansas Medical School (UAMS.) My lab was taken over by the medical school, UAMS, in 2004 and relocated off campus. I was a widow, my husband passed away in 2003. I have a...Expand for more
19 year old daughter named Joy who is the Joy of my life. She just completed her freshman year 2011 at my Alma Mater the U of Arkansas in Fayetteville. I was remarried last summer 2010 to Doug Avra of Conway. We currently reside in Little Rock and attend all Razorback games. GO HOGS!!
In 2018 I as laid off at UAMS and unemployed for 8 months. I was rehired in the fall of 2018 in the Molecular Diagnositic Laboratory at UAMS Rockefeller Cancer Institute. We do Molecular FISH cancer studies and PCR testing including the Covid 19 tests.. I "retired" in January 2020 but returned to work in March part time. My daughter is grown, single and lives in Little Rock. WE have 2 dogs and a cat.
Register for Free to view all details!
Yearbooks
Register for Free to view all yearbooks!
Reunions
Register for Free to view all events!