Kathleen Marie (Kay) Sands, 79, died on December 25, 2018. Kay earned a Bachelor of Arts from Holy Names College (Gonzaga University) in Spokane, Washington in 1961, and a Master of Arts in 1973 and Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Arizona in 1977. While in Cocoa Beach, she worked for CBS New York, supporting coverage of the Apollo moon landings. Later, Kay became a professor of folklore and American Indian literature in the English department at ASU. Her book publications include Autobiography of a Yaqui Poet (1980) and Charrería Mexicana, An Equestrian Folk Tradition (1993). She served a term as president of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures, was a Fulbright scholar at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, and frequently travelled back to Greece to visit close friends. She was a visiting professor at the University of Coimbra in Porto, Portugal as well as at Portland State University. Kay was preceded in death by a brother. She is survived by a son, a daughter and two grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Kay's name to the Arizona Humane Society. (Source: Arizona Republic)