A Class of 2007 Mitchell Scholar, Sarah graduated with an MA in International Security and Conflict Studies from Dublin City University. Sarah went on from DCU to complete her law degree at the Georgetown University Law Center and then worked as analyst in the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2011, Sarah joined the US Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. She has served in Kabul as a key interlocutor with the US military, at the White House as a Presidential Daily Briefer, and in Bangkok as a senior Political Officer and Special Assistant to the Ambassador. Sarah obtained her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.