Sarah Hislop graduated as an Occupational Therapist with honours from James Cook University in 2003. She worked in a variety of acute and rehabilitation caseloads in Geelong before commencing in hand therapy in 2005. She has continued to work exclusively in hand therapy from this time, working in public hand therapy clinics at the Geelong Hospital and the Townsville Hospital. She first joined EKCO Hand Therapy in 2008 subsequently fulfilling a number of different roles within the team.