She has over 15 years of experience in advocacy campaigns, message development, corporate legislative planning, and lobbying. She has been instrumental in advancing criminal justice reform, passing gun violence prevention policies, expanding voting rights, and passing legislation to ensure freedom of marriage.

Sarah founded the Minnesota Second Chance Coalition and the Minnesota Restore the Vote Coalition. She has received many accolades for her public policy work. In 2010, she received the Statewide Advocacy Award from the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, the Hennepin County Bar Association's Advancing Justice Award, and the Politics in Minnesota's Leaders in Public Policy Award in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014. The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal named her 40 under 40 in 2016, and in 2017, she received the Ramsey County Bar Association Liberty Bell Award. In 2018, Sarah received  the Joan Growe Award for Distinguished Commitment to Expanding Access to Democracy and Justice in Minnesota. Sarah also received her alma mater, Carleton College, Distinguished Alumni award.