Sesame Street episode nets Chelsea, Que., writer her 1st Emmy award [Video]

On Saturday, Katherine Sandford flew to Los Angeles to receive a special honour.

A children’s television writer from Chelsea, Que., Sandford won her first Emmy as one of three writers on a Sesame Street episode called Can They Be Friends? at the Children’s and Family Emmys.

The category was Outstanding Writing for a Live Action Preschool or Children’s Program, and she won alongside fellow writers Andrew Moriarty and Ken Scarborough.

“[Being outstanding is] just my normal state of mind, really!” Sandford said with a laugh on CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning last Thursday.

While it’s not the first time Sandford has been part of an Emmy-nominated team, it’s the first time she’s attended the award show.

“I’m so proud and happy to represent a little Canadian bit of Sesame Street,” she said.