Tofoitaufa Sandra Salevasaosamoa King-Young is an American Samoan politician. She is currently the American Samoa Medicaid Director.[1][2] She is a member of the American Samoa Democratic Party.
Tofoitaufa was born in American Samoa and educated at Loyola Marymount University, George Washington University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[1] In 1999 she was appointed Deputy Director of the Office of Insular Affairs.[3]
She participated in the 2012 American Samoa gubernatorial election as running mate for Save Liuato Tuitele,[4] but was eliminated in the first round.[5]
In August 2013 she resigned as chair of the LBJ Tropical Medical Center in order to take up the position of Medicaid director.[6]
In May 2019 she was forced to suspend critical health services due to lack of funding.[7] In November 2019 the off-island referral program to treat American Samoans overseas was suspended.[8] In August 2020 she suggested a sales tax or legalisation of medicinal marijuana be used to fund medicaid in American Samoa.[9]
