Sara Goff

Sara Goff is a former New York City fashion designer and merchandiser who, after seven years in the industry, left her career to follow her dreams to make a difference in the world. In 2010, Goff founded the global education charity Lift the Lid, Inc., which supports underprivileged schools and encourages young people to exercise their creative expression through writing.

Goff has also participated as a writing instructor for The National Art Club’s creative writing program for students. She has spoken at the Soup Kitchen, several inner-city schools, and Saint Francis College in Brooklyn about the writing process and the power of the written word. Goff was accepted into Sewanee Writers’ Conference in Tennessee, and received two fellowships to Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia and Nairobi, Kenya.