Acea Sands graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in sociology. He is interested in studying human irrationality and human behavior prediction. Acea hopes to achieve a PhD in Social Psychology. In conjunction with Dr. Amani El-Alayli, he conducted research into how our perceptions of our own unconscious biases may enable us to judge and perceive others more accurately and less discriminatorily.

Acea was accepted to Utah State University’s Master of Data Analytics program as well as Pacific Lutheran University. He completed his MA in Data Analytics at Utah State University in 2020.