Sarah Flanagan divides her time between her private practise where she works as a dietitian, looking after her two children and her role on the board of Kalparrin. Born and raised in Perth, Ms Flanagan studied at Curtin University before working in the Goldfields and South East Coastal region of WA. It was there that she met her now husband David and decided to travel and work overseas. She has worked as a dietitian in London, the Channel Islands and in Ghana. Upon returning to Australia she worked at a number of Perth hospitals (predominantly Hollywood Private Hospital) before taking on the role of public health dietitian at The National Heart Foundation of Australia where she worked for over two years. During this time Ms Flanagan involved herself in a voluntary position as deputy chair of the not for profit group, Nutrition Australia (WA division).