I met Sarah during our Healthcare of Underserved Communities ASB class last fall. A lot has changed from those first few classes when I thought, “Wow, that short girl speaks her mind!” Well, she still speaks her mind, usually quite animatedly, and she’s still short, but after a fabulous experience on ASB 2009, she’s even more committed to fighting social injustices here and around the world. Hailing from Pfafftown, North Carolina, Sarah’s task after finishing her 2.5 remaining years here at Stanford is to erase the appalling disparities in infant mortality rates - both here in the US and around the world - as a brilliant and compassionate medical anthropologist. Until that day in the rosy, idealistic future, you may find her enthusiastically planning ASB, indulging in tangents during said planning concerning the meaning of life, the universe and everything, or reading HumBio in the gym…where she works for money. She works out, too. But let’s be honest, playing is WAY more fun than working, so Sarah enjoys playing: guitar (she’s learning), tricks, horror movies, with her many friends, with fire, sports (especially fencing and rock climbing) and good music. Inspired by her road trips through the Central Valley, one of these days she just might buy herself a camper van and embark upon an epic road trip across the continent, planting seeds of justice, peace and wellbeing wherever she goes.