Sahar is a founding Co-director of Color Congress, which builds the power of people of color in the documentary field so it can be a greater force for change. She is a veteran documentary impact strategist, field builder, and researcher. Her career has focused on social and cultural transformation through nonfiction storytelling. She has led impact campaigns and strategy for over two-dozen documentaries, independently and with Active Voice. She has designed and led impact trainings and grantmaking programs to support impact producers and filmmakers of color with Firelight Media. She piloted new models to strengthen impact practices for people working at the intersection of film and faith with Hartley Media Impact Initiative at Auburn. She worked with Doc Society to update the second edition of their Impact Field Guide and wrote the 2019 Impact Hi5 case studies. In 2020 she authored the Ford Foundation commissioned report: Beyond Inclusion: The Critical Role of People of Color in the U.S. Documentary Ecosystem. Sahar is a second generation, Iranian American. SKILLS Story-based strategy and engagement; program design and curriculum design; impact tracking and assessment; partnership development and management; documentary development, production, campaigns; discussion guide and event-planning toolkit development; ethnographic interviews; research: feminist, participatory, advocacy, applied, policy, archival and web; proposal development and writing; basic fundraising; grant and foundation research; academic and creative writing.