Sarah is a graduate of Illinois State University with a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with Reading and Special Education Endorsements. She worked at Northminster Learning Center starting as a lead teacher for the Curiosity Corner program in 2012 and additionally as lead teacher for the 3 day Discovery Preschool program in 2013. She continued for six years until moving with her family to Rockford, Illinois where she taught Kindergarten at Rockford Lutheran Academy for two years. She then rejoined Northminster as Kindergarten teacher in 2020. She lives with her husband, Christopher, and two children, Gwendolyn and Gabriel.