Sara Shah
Workshop Leader
Sara has worked to empower refugees from the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia for over 10 years. She brought the first Refugee Food Festival in partnership with UNHCR to the U.S. in 2018, hosting the event in San Francisco. Sara focuses her work on empowering refugees holistically, as fellow human beings. Her graduate research at Columbia University focused on the benefits of implementing mindfulness-based programs to help refugee youth thrive pre- and post-resettlement. She works as a senior meditation specialist and mindfulness advisor for a number of organizations in the start-up ecosystem.