Environment

Sarah manages Surfrider Foundation's Clean Border Water Now Program, based in San Diego, CA on unceded homelands of the Kumeyaay Nation.  She works collaboratively at local, state, and federal levels to address the public health crisis caused by severe water and air pollution along the Cali-Baja cross-border region.  Prior to joining Surfrider, she worked on participatory water management in Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage, on the Sarapiqui River in Costa Rica, the Nile Basin in East Africa, and the Chesapeake Watershed in eastern United States.

Originally from San Francisco, CA, Sarah has a B.S. in Marine Biology from UC Santa Cruz, and a dual-degree M.A. from American University in Washington, D.C., and University for Peace in Costa Rica in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development with a focus on transboundary water cooperation.  When not advocating for social justice and water protection, you can find her honing her photography skills, working on participatory art projects, traveling to new places, and spending as much time as possible near or on the water.