sara celebrates the curious rhythms that make a life meaningful. With over a decade of facilitation experience spanning the US and beyond, her most prized practice comes working alongside artist-activist communities reaching for just transition to more equitable systems. She’s gained valuable perspective envisioning and implementing end-to-end curricula, designing corporate trainings, and conducting programmatic and leadership evaluation at dozens of companies.
She holds an Interdisciplinary Studies degree from New York University, where she graduated with honors and pursued postgraduate research on empire and agency. Sara also moonlights as an award-winning emerging writer, receiving the 2024 Fresh Voices award, 2024 Lambda Literary Emerging Voices Fellowship, and 2023 Periplus Fellowship.
When she’s not deep-diving into complex systems, you’ll find her exploring big questions like, “What’s for dinner?” or pondering the meaning of a “blessed unrest.” She is a-long-walk-to-clear-your-head enthusiast and a friend of attention.
What have you learned about the conditions for success? Go gently. Practice honest(l)y.
What are the questions your life seeks to answer? Where would you bring your most audacious self? What do you want for dinner?
Share a favorite quote and the story of what it means to you. For years, I’ve been re-reading A Letter to Agnes De Mille by Martha Graham. It was shared with me at a time when I was in the depths of transformation—new city, new job, loss—and it gave me strength to begin again.
A Letter to Agnes De Mille
There is a vitality,
a life force,
a quickening
that is translated through you into action,
and because there is only one of you in all time,
this expression is unique.
And If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost.
The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine
how good it is
nor how valuable it is
nor how it compares with other expressions.
It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly
to keep the channel open.
You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work.
You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate YOU.
Keep the channel open…
No artist is pleased…
There is no satisfaction whatever at anytime
There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction
a blessed unrest that keeps us marching
and makes “us” MORE alive than the others.
