Sarah has spent over a decade working on affordable housing issues, entering the nonprofit sector with a community organizing and advocacy background and learning the ropes of housing policy, project development, resident support, nonprofit operations and more along the way. Since moving to the Bay Area from Washington, DC in 2019, she has been rooted in the Community Land Trust world, most recently serving as Stewardship and Policy Director at the Northern California Land Trust. The extremity of the housing affordability crisis in the Bay Area has highlighted for Sarah how crucial it is to decommodify housing, and she is equally as passionate about how we do this work as equitably and sustainably as possible. Sarah has a Master’s in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from the American University. She loves the sound of the ocean and the bustle of the city.