Journalist.
Strategist.
Speaker.
Being.
Award-winning journalist, content strategist, and keynote speaker. I help organizations tell impactful stories and develop accessible communication strategies. Living with cerebral palsy and writing from the middle of it all.
My work bridges storytelling and strategy, translating insights on disability, race, gender, and politics into B2B content that drives meaningful impact.
It didn't start with
a grand vision.
It started with a gap.
When I graduated from Columbia Journalism School, I did what you're supposed to do: I pitched, I reported, I published. Al Jazeera. TIME. Teen Vogue. Forbes. NBCUniversal. PBS. The Daily Beast. Glamour. I covered the intersections of disability, race, gender, and power — stories I believed mattered, for audiences I believed deserved them.
"I became one of a very small number of journalists — and likely the only one working across media and content strategy — published in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology."
Recognition came with the Suzanne Ahn Civic & Social Justice Award and an Emmy nomination, affirming my unique role as journalist, strategist, and directly affected stakeholder — proof that storytelling from within matters in every field.
"The disability reporter who also builds content ecosystems."
As my career progressed, the moment came when the industry I trained for began shrinking beneath my wheels.
Staff positions were disappearing. Freelance rates stagnated. Instability was no longer a rite of passage — it was a permanent condition. These industry changes made it especially challenging for women of color with disabilities to be recognized. I was chronically overlooked despite my experience.
I chose a deliberate pivot — not stepping away from writing, but moving toward a sustainable version. With my undergraduate degree in Economics and Sociology from Barnard, I found fluency in data, systems, and human behavior — skills that guided my transition into content strategy. By shifting focus, I decided to use my analytical background to make writing sustainable for myself.
I translate complex ideas into clear, actionable narratives — bringing strategic clarity to both journalism and B2B writing.
not just
narratives.
The same skill that made me a reporter made me a strategist. Listening closely. Identifying what matters. Finding the clearest, most human, accessible way to say it.
Multi-sector.
Multi-hyphenated.
By design.
I help tech companies, purpose-driven organizations, and small businesses build content strategies that drive results.
A single core skill — clarity — connects my investigative reporting and B2B content optimization, driving consistent results across sectors.
was the
same."
Listening closely. Identifying what matters. Finding the clearest, most human, accessible way to say it. That thread runs from an Al Jazeera investigation in Lagos to a ButterflyMX landing page — the medium changes, the craft doesn't.
Writing about CP
for the people
living it.
The Cerebral Palsy Foundation's resource hub reaches hundreds of thousands of people with CP and their families. Writing here means writing for the community I'm part of — not about it from the outside.
The reporter who covers CP
is also the person
living with it.
My work for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation is different from anything else I produce. It's written directly for the community — adults with CP, families, caregivers — and it draws on the lived experience I bring to every piece. Not as a qualifier, but as the point.
Across 12 articles and six years, I've covered the full arc of life with CP: navigating college accommodations, building an accessible home office, traveling as a wheelchair user, mental wellness in adulthood, intimacy and gender identity, and the ongoing fight to make workplaces actually inclusive.
Not a pivot story
with a tidy ending.
An ongoing practice.
The LLC is named Being Sarah Kim — not "Sarah Kim Consulting" or "SK Creative." Something that could be packaged and professionalized into an abstraction.
"Being. The gerund is load-bearing. It's ongoing. It's the act of becoming — of integrating the journalist and the strategist, the economist and the storyteller."
The LLC is the heart of it all: the reporting and the strategy, the institutional partnerships and the indie pitches, the medical journal publications and the SEO guides, the award-winning investigations and the lifecycle email flows.
It is intersectional by design. Just like me.
Let's make
something
matter —
together.
Whether you need editorial strategy, thought leadership, inclusive content, or a journalist's instincts applied to your brand, I provide expertise to help you connect authentically and achieve lasting impact.
Recognition
- AAJA Civic & Social Justice AwardAsian American Journalists Association — Suzanne Ahn Award
- News & Doc Emmy NominationInaccessible Cities — Al Jazeera multimedia investigation
- Published: DMCNDevelopmental Medicine & Child Neurology — peer-reviewed medical journal
- Making Space Ascend Fellow2025–2026 leadership fellowship for mid-career Disabled professionals