Sandra Daugherty--aka Sex Nerd Sandra--is super awesome. When you are a sex educator or someone in the community, you tend to hear a lot about people who you have never met. You may be friends with them on social media, but have never met them in person. Attending professional conferences like AASECT and SSSS are wonderful ways of putting faces to names.
I had the pleasure of meeting Sandra in person this past spring and immediately liked her. I later learned that, when we first met, she had mixed feelings about me. You know how sometimes there are just those people you meet who, for what ever reason, remind you of someone else? Well, I was one of those people for Sandra (and not in the good way). Thank goodness she acknowledged those feelings and decided to say "Hey, Catherine isn't (insert name here), so I might as well get to know her further."
I tend to be one of those people who remind you of other people, and that can either be a really good thing or a really bad thing.
Sandra has been working as a sex educator at The Pleasure Chest in Los Angeles for almost
4 years. She also is the resident sex blogger for nerdist.com and has her own fabulous "Sex Nerd Sandra" podcast. The SNS podcast is immensely popular, and I was lucky enough to be one of her first guests for the live taping of the 'G Spot TMI' podcast this summer. The podcasts are really amazing and her whole philosophy behind them is to keep things real and relateable.
It is difficult for me to put into words how much I like Sandra. Sandra is super smart, approachable, funny as shit, and, due to being mixed race, is rocking a mysterious and exotic look. She doesn't take herself too seriously and is someone who hasn't let the whole Hollywood "people totally know who I am" thing change who she is.
Sandra is someone who is super nerdy about the topics of sex and sexuality and will spend a colossal amount of time doing research. Because she works in retail, she knows practically everything about sex toys. I'm not kidding, she is someone who will open the toy just to see how it is put together and she has been known for putting together a sort of franken-sextoy by utilizing parts of 2 or more toys. That, my friends, is what you call commitment!
Getting to know someone who calls herself "Sex Nerd Sandra" is pretty amazing. But can you imagine my complete surprise when I discovered that her SNS podcast is hosted by Nerdist Industries? As you probably know, I have great affection for Chris Hardwick (@nerdist), and have made that pretty clear. After all, he is the person I blame for introducing me to the concept of cake farts. For someone who is hugely anally fixated, this is not something easily forgotten! Cake farts aside, I have been an enthusiastic fan of his for years as he is a stand up comic, often appears on the Chelsea Lately round-table, and is the host of Web Soup and his Nerdist.com podcast. Finding out that Sandra is associated with him was just the cherry on top of a big ole bucket of awesome.
If you live in the Los Angeles area and are looking for a qualified sexuality speaker for a college event, private party, or special event, I highly recommend Sandra. You can follow her on twitter @sexnerdsandra and become her facebook fan here.
