Sarah Miranda

Sarah grew up with her passion for the University of Arizona, as both her parents are alumni, and instilled there was no better place than the University of Arizona.

Sarah graduated from Salpointe in 2001 and started UA the following fall. She is a member of Kappa Delta Chi, Delta Chapter. Technically, Sarah is a “LumberCat,” getting her degree from Northern Arizona University, in Hospitality Management. She started her hospitality career at the Four Seasons in Scottsdale, also working at Hacienda del Sol and the Westin La Paloma. She currently works for the City of Mesa in their special events department.

Sarah Miranda joined the UAHA Board of Directors in 2009 when her mother Maria suggested she join along with her. She quickly inserted herself on the special events committee and assisted with the planning of the Portraits of Excellence scholarship dinner. The following year she and Janis Gallego co-chaired the special events committed and put their own stamp on POE and moved it over to the JW Marriott Starr Pass, where the scholarship dinner was hosted until 2014. Honorees during that time included Ray & Carlotta Flores, Bob Baffert, UA Baseball Coach Andy Lopez (the year they won the Collegiate World Series, former Tucson Police Chief and City Manager Richard Miranda and Lupita Murrillo.

In her tenure as Special Events chair, additional legacy UAHA events included the spring Celebration of Excellence luncheon and the Homecoming Pachanga. In 2013, Sarah had the honor of commemorating the 30th anniversary of UAHA with limited edition ornaments with the Wilbur and Wilma dressed in traditional charro attire and limited addition UAHA Retro Brand t-shirts.

After the move back to Chandler, Sarah joined the Board of Directors for East Valley Cats where she then chaired their Toast & Taste Scholarship Dinner, where she had the honor of honoring Terry Francona, Bob Elliot and Dick Tomey.

Sarah has raised countless of dollars for the University as she feels every high school student should have the opportunity to go to college. It should be every alumnus’s mission to help those coming in be as successful as the can be at the University of Arizona. A lot of us wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the founders of UAHA.