About Sarah

Sarah Hosseini (pronounced ho-SAY-nee) has written reported features and essays for The Atlantic, CNN, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, among other publications.

A bold speaker, she delivered the powerful TEDx talk “Not Sorry” on the stage in New Delhi, India encouraging women to use their unapologetic voices.

She founded Sovereign Daughter, an empowering journaling community for women to write their truths, be transformed, and heal during the COVID-19 pandemic. She still hosts workshops for women-centric groups around the world.

Born in Syracuse, New York to a fierce, Italian-American teen mother, Sarah was the first in her immediate family to attend a four year college. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in journalism from University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a MFA in creative non-fiction from Queens University.

Sarah’s dreams of becoming a foreign correspondent halted at 24, when she became pregnant. She began writing a mommy blog called “Missguided Mama” in the crevices of her nights and days and has since become a strong voice for gender equality in and outside of the home.

Sarah served as a journalist fellow for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the Nairobi Summit in Kenya, to report on the promise of achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health, in efforts of reducing the infant and maternal mortality rate. Her work on domestic violence and emotional abuse has been used to train law enforcement officers in Kent, England.

A former resident of India, Sarah now lives in Charlotte, NC with her two daughters and teaches at Central Piedmont, as well as, various online writing courses.

She has given interviews on Sirius XM’s P.O.T.U.S program with Michael Smerconish, KGO San Francisco, Al Jazeera, and for the Associated Press, and has appeared on FOX5 Atlanta, WBTV, among others.