Meet Sarah Reale
A Salt Lake native with a passion for advocacy, a proven record of experience in education, and action-oriented student-first focus to help students reach their academic and career goals.
Sarah will be a voice for our students and educators and help build a more inclusive, safe, and brighter future for our schools.
Goals For Office
I want to be part of a better future for Utah, and the future of Utah are the students in our schools today. People often ask me why I stay working in higher education, and my answer is simple: the students. Students are my first priority.
Funding
Funding full-day kindergarten, increased teacher pay and teacher professional development resources, and increased technology opportunities in schools.
Sustainability in Education
Update old HVAC systems, find ways to integrate environmental science studies in common core and healthy living programs in schools.
Strengthen the P-20 pipeline
Strengthen the P-20 pipeline (preschool to higher ed) by partnering with Utah System of Higher Education and do early intervention and education in middle school and early high school to promote and encourage students to pursue higher education.
Justice
Fighting for: Justice, Equity, Inclusivity, and Equity through training and education to make our schools a more equitable place for ALL of our students.
Equity
Push back against battles over teaching history, race, sex education, and science and stop unnecessary book banning.
Support Teachers
Fight against increased forced teacher transparency and stop legislation complicating and weighing down their responsibilities.
Build Bridges
Collaborate with parents, teachers, administrators, local school boards, and legislators to do the necessary work to support our students.
Innovation
Find and support grants that allow teachers to find new, innovative ways to teach their subjects that include technology, and provide resources for educators to integrate technology in their classrooms.
MENTAL HEALTH
Pandemic, technology, added pressures– it is no surprise our students are facing a mental health crisis. I will focus on finding resources for our schools to support our students and their mental health needs.
Good work takes real commitment, and I understand what it takes to create meaningful change. All change–whether cultural, structural, or policy–takes time. Successful projects are informed by research and data, and include sustainable plans for the future – and most importantly, the thoughts and input of constituents.
Endorsements
Becky Edwards
UEA
Run for Something
Candidate under 40 Changing The Face of Local Politics
GEA
Granite Education Association
Andrew Stoddard
Representative
Darin Mano
SL City Council
Kat Martinez
Murray City Council
Cherie Wood
Mayor of South Salt Lake
02 Utah
Erin Mendenhall
Mayor of Salt Lake City
Joel Briscoe
Representative
Carol Spackman Moss
Representative
Arlyn Bradshaw
Salt Lake County Council
Carol Lear
Utah State School Board
Kathleen Riebe
Senator
Alejandro Puy
Salt Lake City Council
Victoria Petro-Eschler
Salt Lake City Council
Women’s Democratic Club of Utah
Hispanic Democratic Caucus
Salt Lake County
Black Democratic Caucus
Salt Lake County
UTAH STONEWALL Caucus
OPERATING ENGINEERS
LOCAL 3
District 12, Utah
Jen Dailey PRovost
Representatives
RAISE YOUR HAND UTAH
Ana Valdemoros
Salt Lake City Council
Amy Fowler
Salt Lake City Council
EQUALITY UTAH
Educator, Leader, Listener
Hi, I’m Sarah Reale.
I believe education is the most important institution our government manages. And from research I completed in graduate school on education policy, to navigating ways to provide access to higher education in my career, education has become my greatest passion.
Our schools are experiencing attacks by groups demanding unnecessary teacher transparency, criticizing educators for their inclusive measures to support ALL students, increased need for mental health support for our students, and a rise in teacher burnout.
I’m tired of our education system taking the burden of so many of our polarizing political hot topics. I’m tired the lack of trust in our educators. And I’m especially tired of this political theater taking away from what is most important: our students.
I want to be part of a better future of Utah, and that’s why I’m running for office.
I want to be a voice for our students and educators and I want to build a more inclusive, safe, and better future for our schools.
I bring almost two decades of experience in higher education with a focus on public relations, marketing and communications and ten years experience in the classroom teaching the fundamentals of US Government and Politics.
I will listen, communicate, support collaboration, and do my part to support our students, educators, parents, and schools. We can work together to support education in the state of Utah.
Join me.
Experience and Involvement
Almost 20 years experience in higher education with a focus as an educator and administrator utilizing a student-first approach to help students reach their academic and career goals.
More than 10 years of research and volunteer-based experience advocating for growing communities and developing creative and effective solutions that strike a balance between both urban and open-space development.
- Director of Digital Marketing at Salt Lake Community College
- Adjunct professor in Political Science
Salt Lake Library Board of Directors - Former Public Relations and Marketing Director at Utah State University
- Master’s Degree in Political Science and Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Utah State University (Go Aggies!)
- Salt Lake Chamber Leadership Utah graduate
- 40 under 40, American Association for Women in Community Colleges
- University of Utah Chi Omega Advisory Board
- Poll Worker 2020 election
- Ballpark Community Council, Vice Chair
- Salt Lake County Open Space Trust Committee, Member, District 1
- Salt Lake County Mountainous Planning District Planning Commission
- Researcher at the Center for Rural Lands and Public Economics
- An avid biker, and hiker. You’ll often find me on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail with my two dogs, Eva and Franklin.
District 5
