Sara joined UW Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences in March 2020 as an instructional designer for the AIMS Center, supporting education and training projects and programs such as BHSS Clinical Training Program, the Psychiatry Residency Training Program, CHAMP, and ICTP. Before UW, she taught and developed curriculum as faculty in higher education and trained educational professionals; much of her work focused on equity, access, and representation for ESL students and adult learners. She also worked as an EFL instructor in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to moving to Seattle.
Sara received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences & Disorders from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her Master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at Seattle University.