Sunshine Linda-Marie Grund, MNM is living a life dedicated to service. She has been blessed with examples of amazing unsung heroes throughout her life.

She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Central Florida as a child who became a ward of the state of Florida with her brother Grant and sister Chrystal. Before aging out of foster care she enlisted in the Minnesota Army National Guard. After basic training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina she returned to the Millenia area where she studied at Valencia with the Road to Independence Scholarship (and helped open the Target). The death of her brother and pregnancy of her sister impacted her military options so she transitioned to serving domestically until her family was stable. She moved her focus to serving through the foster care system on a national and state level. 

After earning her bachelor of science in Psychology from the University of Central Florida (07) she worked in program development and administration. Her sister died in 2008 so her focus transitioned again with the adoption of her child. She earned a masters in nonprofit management from the college of health and public affairs at UCF (09) and supported numerous organizations through consulting. She also taught AP Psychology and Human Anatomy and Physiology while administrating accreditation proceedings at a private school in Winter Park. Donating her time, talent, and treasure have been continuous through the years. In 2018 Sunshine became a licensed real estate agent and eventually opened the brokerage she is now managing-Sweet Dreams Realty, PLLC. 

Sunshine’s dream is that candidates are not seen for their campaign accounts-but the contents of their candidacy. If we want better candidates we need to support a system that is more inclusive. She dreams of the day when our communities are truly educated and empowered. Leading by example continues to be her plan for change. The mission to ensure the integrity of the electoral process, enhance public confidence, and encourage citizen participation is one Sunshine truly believes in.

Orange County has been a place of so much opportunity for Sunshine-it’s where she met her husband of 19 years and where they are raising their four children. They have hope that one day their children and their children’s children will live in a community with equal opportunities-especially from those supervising and running in our elections.