Sandra Stramoski, RDH, MSDH, is an associate professor in the Fones School of Dental Hygiene at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She is also vice president of the Southwestern Dental Hygienists’ Association. Stramoski received the Mabel C. McCarthy Award for service to the profession in the state of Connecticut in 2013. She is a member of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene’s Peer Review Panel.