As the Adult Culture in Schools Program Director, Sara leads Astra’s efforts in rethinking how staff work together to implement Radically Reimagined Relationships (RRR).  She promotes the interconnectedness and well-being of all staff, knowing that prioritizing these yield better outcomes for students, their families, and school employees.  Her work involves studying school and adult culture, visiting schools to learn with and from them, and consulting with school personnel to think about how policies and systems allow for individuals to feel seen, heard, and valued.  Sara creates professional development resources and writes for our blog, Learning Curve.  Her previous experience as a middle and high school teacher at the F.W. Parker Charter Essential School allowed her to prioritize building strong relationships with her colleagues, students, and their families.  She saw first-hand how critical these relationships were so that every person had what they needed to do their best work.  Sara also spent five years directing a summer camp in upstate New York, where she worked to develop a strong adult culture that reinforced the dignity of each person, whether they were four or forty years old.  Sara attended Boston College, where she earned her B.A. in Secondary Education and English.  An avid cooker (and burgeoning mixologist), she lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband, Jack, sons, Sullivan and Tucker, and cats, Nathaniel Pawthorne and Margaret Catwood.