Sara Plater was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. She attended Brigham Young University majoring in Sociology with a minor in Philosophy. During her time at BYU she volunteered and interned with social workers discovering a love for helping people one on one. She also did research on international human rights, which led to her love for international religious freedom. She served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from January 2013 – August 2014. She loves hiking, traveling, and playing racquetball. Sara is now in her third year of Law School. She spent the summer of 2017 as a student fellow for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies in Hong Kong and was a member of the Recruitment Team for the 2017 International Law and Religion Symposium Executive Committee and was team Co-Chair in 2018. She was selected as a member of the ICLRS Student Management Board for 2017-2018.