Sondra Wampler was born in southern California. She attended Santa Monica College, completing the commercial photography program in 1982. While pursuing a career in commercial photography her focus turned to fine art, being influenced by the modern painters as well as early masters of photography.

Sondra is also known for her botanic still life work. She was published in Graphis Flora I as well as Graphis Photo Annual 2005 and her works can be found in private as well as corporate collections. Wampler continues to explore new themes in her work and is currently involved in photo montage mixed media to showcase them.