Sarah Page Steffens grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She attended the University of Richmond where she majored in biology and minored in environmental studies. During her time on campus, she worked as a biology research assistant investigating how plants adapt to their local environment and how this impacts diversity at a genomic, population, and species level.
After graduation, Sarah Page worked as a research technician at Duke University School of Medicine investigating the antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of various hallucinogens and novel chemotypes targeting the serotonin 2A receptor. As a part of this research, she conducted a variety of behavioral assays with genetically modified mice and completed statistical analysis. It was during her time working at Duke that she was introduced to the field of genetic counseling and had the opportunity to shadow cancer genetic counselors.
After this shadowing experience, Sarah Page spent two years working as a genetic counseling assistant in pediatrics and oncology at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. In this role, she worked closely with genetic counselors to help coordinate genetic testing.
In her free time, Sarah Page enjoys watching Formula 1, listening to Taylor Swift, and cheering for the 2026 Stanley Cup champions, the Carolina Hurricanes. She also enjoys visiting National Parks and has the goal of visiting all of them in her lifetime.