Sarah initially received her education in Biological Sciences at Cal Poly, SLO pursuing her fascination with the overlap of studying nature and women’s health. She returned home to San Diego and decided to leap into a focus on mental health through the Masters in Clinical Counseling program at PLNU, where she quickly returned to the ocean as her refuge for most of her free time during such a transitory time at a personal and global level. Since finding Groundswell in 2021, she’s continued working within our surf therapy groups as a co-facilitator and now offering individual sessions as well. She’s grateful to continue learning and weaving her past experiences working in an in-patient substance use recovery center, high schools, and trainings in First Aid Arts expressive arts for mental health as well as Groundswell’s Trauma-informed surf therapy facilitation.