Sarah Crisp

Director of Communications | The Industrial Commons

Sarah Crisp serves as the Director of Communications for The Industrial Commons. She was born and raised in Morganton, NC and attended Appalachian State University where she received her B.S. in International Comparative Politics and Geography. After graduating college she completed a year of service with AmeriCorps in Austin, TX as a College Access Coach and gained interest in working in education. Sarah then moved abroad to Madrid, Spain and worked as an Auxiliar de Conversación in a Spanish secondary school and completed her TEFL certification. Upon return to the U.S., Sarah was living in Los Angeles, CA and working as a College Access Advisor for a GEAR UP program in the San Fernando Valley. Even through her travels, Sarah still takes a special interest in serving Appalachia and wishes to work towards creating equitable and sustainable solutions for the region she calls home. In her free time she enjoys listening to (and creating) podcasts, hanging out with her cat Mimi, and gardening.