Sarah completed state-level training through Mediation Incorporated, postgraduate, and is authorized to conduct Family Financial and Divorce mediation as well as Superior Court mediation. Sarah is also a Certified Parent Coordinator through The Cooperative Parenting Institute. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Conflict Management and Resolution, with a concentration in domestic social and organizational conflict transformation, summa cum laude, from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Sarah began practicing mediation within Custody Mediation at the New Hanover County Courthouse, Judicial District 5, where she also became a presenter for Custody Mediation Orientations.