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Sarah Carlson

CEO and Self-Advocacy Expert

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States

Duke University

Duke University

About

I equip people to claim the power of their potential in a world that desperately needs them. 

I am a self-advocacy expert, an inspirational speaker, adjunct professor, and woman on a mission.  I started my journey after graduating from Harvard Law School by going to a job on Wall Street and quickly rejecting that professional life for a more wholehearted one. I now coach and create coursework to help students identify their professional strengths, interests, and values and teach the invaluable tools of self-advocacy. Finally, I started Career Transformation University to share my coursework, coaching, and community with the world.  I hope you will join me!

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Experience

  • Director of Career Services and Professional Development

    Duke University

    May 2022 - Present • 2 yrs 7 mos

    Lead Pratt School of Engineering Career Services for Master's Programs, running a team of ten, and implementing self-advocacy curriculum across all departments by 2025. ... read more

  • Director of Career Services

    Candler School of Theology at Emory University

    February 2019 - March 2022 • 3 yrs 2 mos

    I equipped theological graduate students to leverage their degrees in innovative ways in the world through coaching, coursework and new career infrastructure at Candler. ... read more

  • CEO and Founder

    Career Transformation University

    January 2017 - Present • 7 yrs 11 mos

    I started my career consulting in 2017 and it has transformed into Career Transformation University where all people are given the tools to pave paths with purpose. ... read more

  • Director of Career Development

    Emory University School of Law

    May 2012 - June 2017 • 5 yrs 2 mos

    I served as a career coach and created coursework to teach students the invaluable skills of self-advocacy in the Career Strategy and Design class. It was made mandatory for all students!... read more

Education

  • Harvard Law School

    Juris Doctor

    2005 - 2007

  • University of Arizona

    Bachelor's, Political Science and Spanish

    1999 - 2003

Skills

  • career coaching
  • Public Speaking
  • Content Creator