During college, Maas worked as a news anchor for KCHO Chico and KPAY radio, Redding. She graduated summa cum laude from California State University, Chico, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications in 1985. Her father, Frank Maas, owned a window tinting business and her mother, Dorothea (Brockman) Maas, was an elementary school principal. Sandra Lynn Maas was born on January 13, 1963, raised in Mission Viejo, California. She has worked in the San Diego, California area since 1990 and is the founding host of the Trailblazing Women video series for the Women’s Museum of California. Sandra Maas (born January 13, 1963) is an American journalist, newscaster, filmmaker and women’s rights activist.
