“Every so often in life, you get to meet a person and you know they will do GREAT things, mostly because they have already done GREAT things. Sarah is one of those people. She is a precocious young woman who has been a voice of equity.”
—Tanushree Dutta Isaacman, AIM Lead Organizer

AIM is proud to present our first Youth Leadership Award to Sarah Insa Sadio, a fearless youth leader who has advocated for justice with AIM since 2018.

Sarah is a junior at Albert Einstein High School, and she has become a powerful voice for change in her community, helping win improvements to schools and recreation centers and addressing climate change.

Sarah’s journey as a youth leader began at just 10 years old, when she spoke in front of the County Council and State Delegates and Senators to help secure a new building for South Lake Elementary School.

Although Sarah graduated before the new school was built, her commitment to her younger siblings and friends, who would benefit from the new building, demonstrated her selflessness and deep understanding of solidarity.

Later, Sarah took her advocacy to Annapolis, where she testified in support of Maryland’s Blueprint for Education, a policy aimed at improving education across the state. She specifically pushed for funding for community schools and Title I schools, fighting to ensure that all students have access to the resources they need to succeed.