Our Team

“Youth and emerging adults are a key component in advocacy movements and informing the change we need to create communities, societies, and cultures that support individuals adequately and innovatively. Youth hold immense wisdom and hope, and it’s a true joy, and endlessly humbling, to work closely with them.”

As Teen Lifeline’s Prevention Specialist

ROLE | As a prevention specialist, Sarah works closely with students, teachers, families, and community members to provide them with support, resources, and education on mental health and suicide prevention. She also supervises the hotline to provide support to both peer counselors and callers in need. She also supervises the Teen Lifeline hotline to provide support to both peer counselors and callers in need.

CONTACT FOR | Questions regarding the hotline, volunteer opportunities, suicide prevention, outreach, prevention, and mental health education.

You can reach Sarah by email at sarah@teenlifeline.org.

Personal Background

EXPERIENCE | In her academic career, Sarah was an active listening volunteer in England with Durham University’s peer-to-peer hotline, Nightline. She also worked as a peer counselor for the college’s Welfare Committee and provided in-person support to students. For her master’s thesis, she created an implementation plan for university peer counseling programs.

EDUCATION | Master’s degree in clinical psychology from Columbia University and bachelor’s degree in psychology from Durham University in England.

EVERYDAY LIFE | Sarah enjoys learning new skills, ice hockey, and quality time with close friends and family. If Sarah were an animal, she would be a quail because like how adult quails make sure all their kiddos cross the street safely, Sarah is always looking out for her loved ones and people in general.

THE BIG 3 | Three words to describe Sarah are: empathetic, observant, and forward-thinking.