Sarah grew up on the wealthy side of Sunset Valley, next door to the Landgraab family and the Alto family in a gigantic manor that was bigger than both of the neighbors houses combined. Her parents, who were scared of pressure during school, sent her to the School of Peace and Love in Hidden Springs. Those years were the happiest for her in Hidden Springs and she loved the school and the town in general. She first arrived on campus at the young age of 8 and quickly made many friends with everybody around her; that is probably where she got her "Social Butterfly" Trait. At the age of 10, and her 2nd year attending the Boarding School she was friends with almost everybody in town. But after the 3 semester started of that year, her mother flew out to Hidden Springs to announce that Sarah's father was running for mayor of Sunset Valley and that Harold had requested Sarah come back with her mother to see the campaign. Although Mary Ann promised that Sarah would be back to Hidden Springs after the election, but Sarah wouldn't return to the town for another 20 years.
After Sarah returned with Mary Ann to Sunset Valley, Sarah immediately jumped on the campaign trail with her parents. Sarah and her mother were almost always seen at events held around the town to help her father win the election. It was announced that her father, Harold had won the election and he had chosen his worse enemy Nick Alto (chosen for political reasons) as his Lieutenant Mayor. Harold held his victory speech on the steps of the Town Hall with Sarah and Mary Ann present; along with the entire Alto family. But during the speech, a man appeared from the crowd and shot Harold twice in the chest and ran off without being caught. It is thought that the gunman worked for either the Alto, Landgraab, or Goth family so that Alto could get into power. Harold laid on the steps of the building as chaos erupted in the crowd as the crowd dispersed, the Secret Sim Service pulled the Alto's, Sarah and Mary Ann away from the scene. This event permanently scared Sarah as she watched her father get shot and bleed out right in front of her before she was evacuated from the scene. Her father was moved to the Scared Spleen Memorial Hospital where he later died of his gun wounds and it was officially announced by the Chief-of-Police that Harold was assassinated and that Nick Alto would be taking power. There was a huge funeral march for Harold, with Sarah and Mary Ann leading the casket. After the funeral, Marry Ann told Sarah that she wouldn't be going back to Hidden Springs and would be staying with her in Sunset Valley.
