Sarah Ha is the Founder and Principal of Jayu Consulting, LLC, a firm dedicated to empowering social impact leaders, teams, and communities to connect deeply with themselves and others, harness their collective power, and drive sustained impact. With over 20 years of experience across racial justice, social justice, nonprofit, education, and public service sectors, Sarah specializes in strategic partnerships, organizational strategy, DEIB capacity building, recruitment, and leadership development. She is also a certified Professional Diversity Coach and trained Intergroup Facilitator.

Sarah was previously the Vice President of National Community Alliances at Teach For America (TFA). In this role, she drove the organization's external engagement strategy with national civil rights and aligned organizations. She led a team of senior leaders managing the Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community Alliances, Black Community Alliances, DACA Initiative, Latinx Community Alliances, LGBTQ+ Community Initiative, and Native Alliances. Her team fostered intersectional partnerships, advocacy, and resources to cultivate the skills and mindsets necessary for systems change within their networks, shaping a child-centric educational equity ecosystem.

Sarah was the Founding Head of TFA’s National AAPI Community Alliances, building relationships with grassroots and grasstops organizations, influencers, and media to support Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander educators, students, and communities. In 2018, under her leadership, TFA’s AAPI Alliances received the Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) Community Award.

Before joining TFA, Sarah was the Senior Director of Programs and Student Affairs at the Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) in Washington, DC. She oversaw academic support, leadership development, and community-building programs for over 16,000 scholarship recipients. In this role, she partnered with the United Negro College Fund, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, American Indian Graduate Center, and other organizations committed to educational equity and racial justice.

Sarah's career also includes roles in multicultural affairs, research on underrepresented students in higher education, and DEI programming at UCLA. She has experience in legal and compliance work at Cowen and Company, LLC, and as a litigation paralegal at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Sarah holds a Master of Education in Student Affairs, Higher Education, and Organizational Change from UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Faith, Peace & Justice from Boston College. She resides in Queens, NY, with her husband Taiyo and their child Jayu. Sarah serves on the Advisory Council for Act To Change and the Boston College Alumni Association, dedicating her efforts to reimagining education systems and promoting equity and justice in all her endeavors.