Born in Chatsworth, Ontario, Sarah’s love for nature and the ocean began at a young age. Growing up and always dreaming about the sea, she moved to Halifax in 2013 to study Marine Biology at Dalhousie University and make her dream of studying ocean animals a reality.

Sarah was also an avid painter since she was young. She pursued acrylic-based art courses throughout high school and was later introduced to oil painting from weekend classes. While in Halifax, Sarah researched long-finned pilot whales and cultivated her skills as a wildlife photographer out on the ocean. She graduated with a degree in marine biology and a certificate in animal behaviour in 2017.

In 2017, Sarah moved to Vancouver, Canada, and began researching gentoo penguins with the University of British Columbia. This work granted the opportunity to camp beside the penguin colony in the Falkland Islands and experience the full range of animals that call the windy islands home. She spent two weeks in April, observing moulting penguins and animals preparing for migration while attaching monitoring devices to gentoo penguins that would track foraging behaviour for six months. Sarah then returned to the Falklands in September and October the same year. She spent six weeks collecting devices while witnessing the penguins amongst many other species prepare for spring and the mating season. In 2020, Sarah graduated with her Master’s of Science in Zoology.