Sarah Farmer, M.A.

Sarah
Farmer

Communications Manager, Innovation

Sarah Farmer, M.A., communications manager for Advocates for Human Potential (AHP), is an award-winning communications professional with more than 25 years of wide-ranging experience in public health campaigns, publication development, public relations/marketing, and management of community outreach programs. She has experience developing online and print materials, including feature articles, news articles, books, journal articles, fact sheets, newsletters, blog posts and web content, courses/curricula, reports, clinical briefs, training and technical assistance (TTA) materials, and marketing/press materials. She has also been deeply involved in social marketing campaigns and public relations work for several government agencies and nonprofit health and social service organizations. Ms. Farmer is the co-author of Women’s Use of Public Relations for Progressive-Era Reform: Rousing the Conscience of a Nation and The Healthy Woman: A Complete Guide for All Ages, as well as the editor of five parent and survivor guides about childhood cancer and countless government publications. She has content expertise in behavioral health, substance use disorders, trauma, childhood cancer, women’s health, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, violence prevention, homelessness, sex trafficking, neurological disorders, and education. Ms. Farmer also has lived experience as the parent of a young adult with serious co-occurring disorders. She is a passionate advocate for consumers and families facing mental health crises and works with three national parent support groups advocating for policy and treatment changes, trauma-informed care, and education for foster and adoptive parents. Ms. Farmer received her M.A. in mass communications, journalism, and public relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.