She received her undergraduate training in kinesiology and applied physiology from the University of Delaware in Newark, DE. It was here where her passion for orthopedics developed as she worked as an exercise technician at an outpatient physical therapy clinic during most of her college years. Sara then received her masters in physician assistant studies at Midwestern University, an NCCPA accredited program in Downers Grove, IL, where she electively chose to focus on orthopaedic surgery during her studies.