Occupational Roles
Wife, Mom, Friend, Sister, Daughter, Occupational Therapist, Teacher, Learner
Occupational History
Sarah grew up in Philadelphia and was introduced to occupational therapy by her sister, an occupational therapist. Sarah and her family, Marty, Mac, and Roman, live in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Sarah enjoys time with family, traveling, yoga, and music.
As an occupational therapist since 2000, Sarah has special knowledge and skills in healthcare quality improvement and education. Following 12 years of clinical practice in hospital and home health settings, Sarah worked for five years as a performance improvement specialist for a healthcare organization, using interpersonal, analytic, and communication skills to engage rehabilitation therapists, nurses, social workers, and home health aides in quality improvement. This work included planning and implementing programs and clinical education, creating policies and procedures, monitoring and reporting outcomes, and preparing for regulatory and accreditation surveys.
Sarah followed her love for teaching to join the OT faculty team at Saint Joseph’s University. She assists with strategic planning, assessment, and curricular development and teaches leadership, professional identity, and ethics courses. Sarah invests in learning about and fostering a sense of belonging among students and colleagues to contribute to a sustainable and inclusive OT profession. She is a member of the Antiracist Pedagogy Across the Curriculum Community of Practice and the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Community of Practice. She values working toward diversity, equity, and inclusion with colleagues and students in the OT department and School of Health Professions.
