About Sarah
Experienced Consultant and Professor of Special Education with a proven track record of capacity-building and complex program management.
Producer of federally-funded, arts-based social inclusion projects in over 12 countries around the world.
Skilled in one-on-one and large group coaching, communications planning, facilitating professional development, grant writing, digital storytelling, Spanish, and French.
Always seeking opportunities to collaborate around advancing programs and policies that better serve the highest-need young people in the United States and around the world.
Currently Serving
Hand2Mouth Theatre Global
Team has been awarded 8 U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section (PAS) grants and a U.S. Mission to the African Union grant to build artistic and cultural diplomacy programming with community partners around the world.
Smile Little Ladybug Remote
Executive Producer for a short documentary about a Holocaust survivor family of clowns in the American Deep South.
Ernst & Young (EY), Los Angeles & Remote
Senior Change Management Consultant, People Advisory Services
National Louis University Chicago, IL & Remote
Adjunct Professor of Special Education
National College of Education
Grants & Honors
Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Awards 2022
“Inclusion Works: Reducing Barriers to Accessing Employment for People with Disabilities in Nigeria" (short video and podcast)
American Impact Awards, Mandela Washington Fellowship 2022
Short documentary for the Innovation Collaborative with Teacher Fellows in Los Angeles
Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund Grantee, U.S. Department of State June 2021
Co-creator and director of World Alumni LINK! Virtual Conference, bringing together 20 Department of State International Exchange Alumni from around the world
The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences June 2021
Artist-in-Residence, Rabun Gap (GA)
Public Policy Fellow, Leadership for Educational Equity September 2020–May 2021
Los Angeles Unified School District, Office of Strategy and Innovation, Los Angeles (CA)
Fulbright Specialist Roster January 2021–2025
Official program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to foster collaborative projects at host institutions across the globe
U.S. Department of State Alumni TIES May 2017, December 2019, January 2021
International Exchange Alumni Seminars, Invitee and Panelist, Portland (OR) + Santa Fe (NM)
Santa Fe Art Institute September–December 2018
Artist-in-Residence, Thematic Residency on Truth and Reconciliation, Santa Fe (NM)
Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace June 2019 – August 2019
Middlebury Language Schools, School of French, Middlebury (VT)
Quentin D. Young Equity Project August 2016 – June 2017
Activist, Pilot Cohort, Chicago (IL)
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award, 2015 –2016
University English Professor in Bogotá, Colombia
Education
Hunter College, New York, NY
August 2011 – May 2013
MS in Education, Adolescent Special Education
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
September 2007 – May 2011
BA in Urban Studies and Spanish, Magna Cum Laude
Skills
Languages: English (native), Spanish (full fluency), French (advanced)
Other: Grant writing consulting, choral singing (mezzo-soprano), wedding officiating, marathon running, nutrition coaching, Zumba Fitness instructing
Previous Experience
Public Policy Fellow, Leadership for Educational Equity September 2020–May 2021
Los Angeles Unified School District, Office of Strategy and Innovation, Los Angeles (CA)
Academy for Urban School Leadership, Chicago, IL
September 2016 – August 2018
Network Instructional Coach, Chicago Public Schools
Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Bogotá, Colombia
July 2015 – June 2016
English Language Professor at ÚNICA (Institución Universitaria Colombo Americana)
KIPP NYC College Prep High School, Bronx, NY
August 2013 – June 2015
Special Education & Spanish Teacher
Teach For America, Bronx, NY
June 2011 – June 2013
Corps Member, 6th-8th Grade Special Education Teacher