Growing up in the South, my childhood was filled with family and entertaining. I grew up in a family that always ate well and never met a stranger. My grandmothers and mother always cooked for friends and family. Even if you were a friend, we considered you family.

After graduating from graduate school, I became a teacher then went into consumer sales for a hearing implant company. I used cooking and entertaining as my outlet on the weekends. During the pandemic, I was asked by a mortgage company to provide a treat for individuals that were closing on their mortgages because they were closing in their cars. I provided boxes with my Mom’s Russian tea and hot chocolate mix. I helped a friend with a New Year’s Eve box for kids and charcuterie boxes for the adults. Sara’s Boxes and Boards was born.