Tandy has been with SLI since June of 2003. She has her Associate's Degree in Developmental Disabilities, completed training at Kansas Institute for Positive Behavior Supports, and attended Washburn University with a focus on Public Administration. 

Tandy worked in North Dakota at an agency similar to SLI as a Direct Support Professional providing services and supports to individuals coming out of institutions. She then went on to supervise Day Service programs for several years and doing on-call work as needed. 

Tandy enjoys the opportunity to develop programs to meet the newly identified needs of the population we serve and seeing the changes applying Positive Behavioral Support techniques can make for someone experiencing daily challenges. Tandy enjoys building working relationships with members of the community, staff, and client’s through her years at SLI.