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Cyndi Sand-Eveland |

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Cyndi Sand-Eveland: Hello, my name is Cindy Sand-Eveland. I was actually named Shaundra, but when the nurse walked into my mom's room and said, so what did you name your daughter? And my mom said, Shaundra. The nurse said, sounds like a drunk trying to say Sandra. Sandra Sand. My mom hated the sound of that, or the thought. And so, in a fit of anger and frustration, she named me Cynthia. And the truth is, the only time she ever used the name Cynthia was when she was mad at me. My last name, Sand, means dweller by the sea. And it's true. I love being anywhere near, on, looking at, or in the water. My name is also hyphenated. And so, I went from having this very short name, Cindy Sand, to a long name when I hyphenated my last name, when I married my husband. His last name is Eveland. And the Eveland's have been in the United States since the original 13 colonies. And my husband's family came to the United States as indentured slaves. An indentured slave with someone from Europe who consented to come to the United States and in exchange for free passage would work. Sometimes for years and years, for the person who paid their fare. Fortunately for my husband, when his family got to the United States, the person who had purchased their fare had died, and they were set free.

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