Sarah Ayoub is a freelance journalist and author. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, The Sun-Herald, ELLE, SBS, Marie-Claire, and the Sunday Telegraph. Sarah teaches journalism at The University of Notre Dame in Sydney, where she is currently researching the representations of culturally diverse female teens in Australian Young Adult literature. She is the author of Hate is Such a Strong Word and The Yearbook Committee and is passionate about empowering young people to see the value in their own personal stories.