Sara Citroni joined the PREPARE team in September 2022. Since then she has taken the lead on developing PREPARE for Success, the post-release portion of our programming.
Sara is a returning member of society after serving nearly three decades in the correctional system. She was released in June 2022 by the Juvenile Restoration Act. The portfolio used in that hearing was predicated by the one originally compiled for parole, by Maryjoel Davis and the Second Chance program. Sara believes that preparation is fundamental to parole success, and strengthened with a solid reentry plan is the foundation for lifetime success and beyond. Sara firmly believes in paying those efforts forward to others still in the system.
While incarcerated, Sara has began many programs and groups to the population. She worked toward her degree in human services and is actively pursuing that outside. She has trained for Peer Support, facilitated several programs and has always worked to broaden the horizons of herself and for those in her inside community.
Sara translates her natural coaching skills to empower those around her. She operates on a personal mantra that “Everybody needs a mentor,” and believes in the power of looking out for one another. It is through the idea that the key to success is through network that Sara connects the individuals with the community members and organizations that will arm them with the tools for successful reentry into society.
