Her practice interests include gender and domestic violence in the context of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), immigrant rights, human rights in the context of asylum law, and the effects of post-9/11 national security concerns on citizens from Muslim-majority countries. Sara has worked with a number of civil rights, immigrant rights, and Muslim advocacy organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area to address the shifting legal and civil rights concerns of the Muslim community. Sara has degrees in Sociology and Microbiology from the University of California at Davis, and a JD from the George Washington University Law School. While at GW Law, Sara participated in a joint program at Oxford University focusing on human rights law and the international rights of women.