Sarah Babar is a Special Projects Fellow at CAIR-SFBA. In this position, she is responsible for spearheading CAIR-SFBA’s work within Afghan Refugee School Impact (ARSI) and Afghan Youth Mentoring (AYM) Programs, as well as several other initiatives.
Sarah graduated Cum Laude from the University of San Diego (USD) as an Ethnic Studies major and a Political Science minor. In her undergraduate career, she created a research project titled “Falling Through the Cracks: Black and South Asian Muslim Solidarity and Survival,” which analyzed the relationship between Black and South Asian Muslims in the US and their respective relationships with state-sanctioned violence and hyper-surveillance. She presented this project at several national academic conferences throughout her senior year. In addition to her undergraduate research, she served in the Associated Student Government Judicial Branch for three years as an Associate Justice, Parliamentarian, and Chief Justice and worked at the USD Women’s Commons. Her time in college was dedicated to serving underrepresented and marginalized communities within the campus and beyond.
She has been connected to CAIR-SFBA since 2013 by volunteering, attending Muslim Day at the Capitol events, and participating in the Muslim Youth Leadership Program. She hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies/American Studies/Cultural Studies with a dissertation on polycultural Muslim Studies. She looks forward to dedicating her life to advocating for all marginalized peoples and facilitating avenues of solidarity.
Outside of work, Sarah enjoys powerlifting, listening to music, and watching the Golden State Warriors dominate the NBA.