Sara is a recent graduate from The University of Iowa, where she earned her BFA in Dance and Certificate of Entrepreneurial Management. She has performed in The UI's Dance Gala, Summer Dance, graduate thesis concerts, etc. while teaching dance classes for The University of Iowa Dance Forum & Youth Ballet. In 2009, Sara started her own summer dance program in the suburbs of Chicago, which continues to be successful each year. In the spring of 2010, Sara was hand-selected at the Chicago "So You Think You Can Dance" auditions to dance for the camera in the heart of downtown Chicago. At the age of 16, Sara started dancing professionally in a Vegas-style revue show at the Sabre Room in Hickory Hills, IL.