TV Appearances & Media Mentions
Rising Cooks! Enjoying Mediterranean with Middle Eastern Flavors at YaFo Kitchen
WCCB Rising, September 18, 2018
Tea Thyme Cocktail
WBTV, July 9, 2018
Tiramisu Martini from Mama Ricotta’s
WBTV, January 2, 2018
29 Reasons That Johnson & Wales Grads Are Ruling the Charlotte Food Scene
Axios Charlotte, February 19, 2016
Like her father, Sarah works to approach problem solving holistically, developing methods with limitless application beyond any one individual industry. Utilizing her relentless curiosity and directly relevant work experience, Sarah has developed a wide breadth of knowledge pertaining not just to hospitality, but to professional development in general as well. In her role as General Manager of an upscale restaurant, Sarah garnered excellent leadership expedience which was ultimately necessary to effectively manage and develop her team. In this and her subsequent roles, she developed effective marketing strategies while creating a synergistic and healthy company culture, and implemented directives to attract new guests while retaining loyal patrons between a variety of different restaurant concepts. This experience, coupled with her role in recruitment, heightened her ability to listen intently while identifying and articulating the needs of both the company and the candidate.
In recent years, responding to COVID-19, Sarah exercised her adaptability by supporting psychologist Dr. Ted Klontz with virtualizing workshops engaging participants from around the world. She has also gained various emotional intelligence certifications, including the EQ-i 2.0 & EQ 360 as provided by Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS) with extensive training from The Emotional Intelligence Training Company (EITC) .
Today, Sarah continues to take significant steps toward advancing wellness within individual career trajectories, professional organizations, and communities. With an M.S. in Applied Psychology at the University of Southern California, she is able to further drive and support the professional and emotional wellbeing of diverse individuals, communities, and professional organizations by building a foundation of consumer and organizational psychological understanding, followed by practical applications of such education. With an emphasis on theory, research, and practice, this course of education, coupled with her own experience in the industry, allows Sarah to work further with organizations and individuals to achieve real change. In this work, Sarah helps businesses and individual employees meet their growth objectives while increasing productivity and retention.
With her background in food & beverage, emotional intelligence, and her certifications, Sarah makes a great impact in improving employee and organizational effectiveness in recruitment, training, development, retention, and retirement planning. Sarah’s passion for learning and helping others seamlessly synchronizes with her relentless curiosity and tireless energy, allowing her to develop creative strategies to strengthen these communities and better prepare her clients for long-term success.
Like her father, Sarah works to approach problem solving holistically, developing methods with limitless application beyond any one individual industry. Utilizing her relentless curiosity and directly relevant work experience, Sarah has developed a wide breadth of knowledge pertaining not just to hospitality, but to professional development in general as well. In her role as General Manager of an upscale restaurant, Sarah garnered excellent leadership expedience which was ultimately necessary to effectively manage and develop her team. In this and her subsequent roles, she developed effective marketing strategies while creating a synergistic and healthy company culture, and implemented directives to attract new guests while retaining loyal patrons between a variety of different restaurant concepts. This experience, coupled with her role in recruitment, heightened her ability to listen intently while identifying and articulating the needs of both the company and the candidate.
In recent years, responding to COVID-19, Sarah exercised her adaptability by supporting psychologist Dr. Ted Klontz with virtualizing workshops engaging participants from around the world. She has also gained various emotional intelligence certifications, including the EQ-i 2.0 & EQ 360 as provided by Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS) with extensive training from The Emotional Intelligence Training Company (EITC) .
Today, Sarah continues to take significant steps toward advancing wellness within individual career trajectories, professional organizations, and communities. With an M.S. in Applied Psychology at the University of Southern California, she is able to further drive and support the professional and emotional wellbeing of diverse individuals, communities, and professional organizations by building a foundation of consumer and organizational psychological understanding, followed by practical applications of such education. With an emphasis on theory, research, and practice, this course of education, coupled with her own experience in the industry, allows Sarah to work further with organizations and individuals to achieve real change. In this work, Sarah helps businesses and individual employees meet their growth objectives while increasing productivity and retention.
With her background in food & beverage, emotional intelligence, and her certifications, Sarah makes a great impact in improving employee and organizational effectiveness in recruitment, training, development, retention, and retirement planning. Sarah’s passion for learning and helping others seamlessly synchronizes with her relentless curiosity and tireless energy, allowing her to develop creative strategies to strengthen these communities and better prepare her clients for long-term success.
