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.

Sarah teaching

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

Former Utah House of Representatives
2022 Senate Candidate

UEA

Utah Education Association

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

Utah State School Board District 5

Educator. Collaborator. Data-Driven. Authentic. Equitable.

Let’s Get Sarah Reale Elected

 (385) 429-0511
votereale@gmail.com