Sarah Todd (she/her) serves as Director of First-Year Experience & Programs at Eastern University. As a champion for all things first-year, she writes FYE curriculum, trains and supports INST instructors and TAs, and advises students as they pursue academic success. In her role as an adjunct, she teaches First Year Seminar (INST 150) as well as Young Adult Literature for the English department. Her engagement with first-years inside and outside the classroom inspired her solo article publication, "Becoming the Mentors We Needed: Formative First-Year Practices and Motivating Factors of Peer Mentorship in College" (2023). She's proud to be a recipient of the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award from the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience. Sarah received her Master's in Education from Eastern and she previously served as the Director of Career Development. A lifelong Philadelphia-area resident, she loves spending time with her rescue dog, drinking Wawa iced coffee, and reading YA literature.