Inspired by her time facilitating a psychoeducational support group for HIV-positive villagers during her time as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Naroosura, Kenya, Sarah has been involved in the professional mental health sphere for the past decade. Sarah completed a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, a Professional Counselor in the state of Missouri, a Licensed Addiction Counselor, and an Approved Clinical Supervisor. Her journey in the field has taken her through a variety of milieus, including a syringe exchange, a community corrections facility, a rural prison, and a return to East Africa to support grant-funded mental health development work on the island of Zanzibar. Upon moving to rural southeastern Colorado, Sarah designed and then administered all services provided by the Otero College Mental Health Counseling Office, offering this campus and its students access to its first-ever behavioral health support staff. Professional siloing and geographical isolation in this nuanced role led Sarah to recognize her own burnout risk and in 2023 she adapted this model to conceptualize the presently piloted Rural Mental Health Development Project (RMHDP). Today she supervises the team of nine licensed counselors and case managers which make up the RMHDP, helping to bring quality, in-person behavioral health services to rural community college students while prioritizing rural provider wellness.