Sarah graduated cum laude from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 2003. While living in Boone, she began working as an in-home therapist for autistic children. She then moved to the triangle area and worked as a bench jeweler and an in-home therapist. In 2005, she began her post-baccalaureate studies in speech and hearing sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sarah went on to earn a master’s degree of science in speech language pathology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009. While completing her graduate studies she received 3 scholarships from the UNC School of Medicine, participated in a variety of research studies, and assisted professors in undergraduate speech science classes. Her Clinical Fellowship Year was completed at Let’s Talk, a private clinic in Raleigh, NC. For the next 5 years she remained at the clinic working under Tracy Vail, MS, SLP/CCC. During this time, she earned her board certification in applied behavior analysis in 2013. She has since gone on to start her own company to provide evaluation and treatment of speech, language, feeding and behavior skills to a variety of populations from toddlers to teens. She loves to incorporate art in her practice!