She began her journalism career at The Times-Picayune in New Orleans while still a student at Loyola University, and later worked as a reporter at the Statesman-Journal in Salem, Ore., the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Her freelance work has been published in The Christian Science Monitor,The Boston Globe, Mother Jones and other publications. She is co-author of a book on Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. Sara has taught at Western Kentucky University and Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She received her master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. She lives in Columbia with her husband and son and enjoys cycling, cooking and reading.