Sarah enjoys working with children and their families to teach strong writing skills and guide essay applications. With over 15 years of educational experience, Sarah has both taught in schools and worked with private companies. She spent 9 years teaching middle school English, overseeing the language arts department, and serving as the high school placement counselor at The Adda Clevenger School in San Francisco. For the next 6 years, she brought her educational expertise to ERB, working with school administrative teams and teaching staff to use testing data for improving student outcomes. Currently, Sarah is a Data Analyst for 2U, an edtech company, helping to support online learning by working directly with the data.

Throughout her time at Adda Clevenger, Sarah tutored students one-on-one, guided families through the high school application process, and ran summer writing camps for middle school students. She has also volunteered her time with 826 Valencia, teaching writing workshops and guiding high school students through their college admissions essays.

Sarah has a background in theater, both as a performer and a writer. She was a founding member of Boxcar Theatre and wrote the smash hit Where The Sidewalk Ends, an adaptation of the work of Shel Silverstein, nominated for a Bay Area Critics Circle Award. She brings a sense of creativity, imagination, and empathy to her work with students and families, specializing in all areas of English Language Arts, including essay writing for all genres, fiction writing, vocabulary development, and literature interpretation.

Sarah holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Dance from the University of California- Santa Cruz and a Master’s of Education from San Francisco State.

“Sarah has been extremely helpful to us with the essay writing process and the high school process more generally. She is kind, positive and highly responsive. My student loves working with her!” - Parent

"Sarah was excellent! She was easy to work with, responsive and most importantly offered insightful suggestions." - Parent

"Sarah has been very helpful in getting our daughter prepared to have her high school applications done in a timely manner. She is engaging and supportive and my daughter has been enjoying working with her. It has made it much easier on us as parents not to have to nag our daughter to get her essays done. It's much easier to have a set date/time for her to work with Sarah and our daughter gets her work done during those times. It has been a huge help to have Sarah and Mindful Tutor's support through the high school process." - Parent