Sarah Carlson

CEO and Self-Advocacy Expert

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States

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 •
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 •
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