Sarah joined UpsideDowns in 2017 after completing a PhD at the University of Glasgow thanks to the William Georgetti Scholarship. She was born in Dunedin, New Zealand but now lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband and two sons, aged 3 and 1. She has worked for the Otago Museum and Policy Scotland, and volunteered for UN Youth NZ, Maryhill Integration Network, and Auberge des Migrants.