Sara began her work with Ann and Robert Seidman as a graduate student at Brandeis University’s Master’s Program in Sustainable International Development. For her master's thesis on "Institutional Legislative Drafting Theory and Methodology: A tool for civil society participation in democracy-building," Sara conducted a comprehensive review of the work of Ann and Robert Seidman, and the Boston University Program on Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change. Sara's thesis has become one of ICLAD's guiding documents in developing the strategic plan and its goals for the future.

Sara has traveled, lived and worked in several countries around the world including Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and, most recently, Iraq, where she served as Senior Program Officer for the National Democratic Institute's Constitutional Support Program, which assisted Iraqis during the drafting of the Iraqi constitution.

Sara specializes in strengthening civil society institutions and their capacity for participation in good governance and democracy building. Sara is currently writing a training manual for civil society groups to encourage civil society contribution to lawmaking through the use of the institutionalist legislative drafting theory. Sara hopes that her manual will make the institutionalist theory more accessible to those in civil society without a legal background.