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Sarah Culberson
Build inclusive, values led cultures with Princess Sarah Culberson, humanitarian, author, and cultural identity educator. Sarah helps organisations strengthen belonging through cross cultural leadership and human centred storytelling. Featured on CNN and BBC, her work has reached audiences in over 60 countries.
Princess Sarah Culberson is a humanitarian, author, and cultural educator whose work bridges identity, leadership, and social impact through storytelling, education, and global development.
Born in West Virginia and adopted into a white family, Sarah hired a private investigator to trace her roots and learned her biological grandfather is a Paramount Chief in Sierra Leone. Her story of reconnecting with her birth family became the basis for her book A Princess Found, now being adapted into a Disney live-action film. She has appeared on CNN, BBC, and Good Morning America, and she hosts the Modern Royalty Podcast, which explores leadership, service, and responsibility through conversations with global changemakers.
Sarah is the co-founder and President of Sierra Leone Rising, a nonprofit she established with her brother to deliver clean drinking water, menstrual health support, education, and digital access across Sierra Leone. Through this work she has supported communities with wells, school infrastructure, technology centers, and programmes designed to keep girls in education. With more than fifteen years in education, Sarah has created curriculum and delivered programs for schools, universities, and corporate organizations
Sarah works with organizations through keynote talks, leadership programs, and tailored workshops that explore belonging, identity, and values led leadership. Drawing on her experience in humanitarian development, entertainment, and education, she connects personal narrative with practical frameworks that help teams navigate difference, challenge assumptions, and build trust across cultures.
Audiences learn to build inclusive cultures through uncomfortable conversations, embrace their authentic identities beyond job titles, and transform fear into action. Sarah uses personal stories and humor to help teams navigate assumptions with compassion and make decisions grounded in humanity.
Book Sarah to challenge your organization to discover purpose through connection and belonging.
Topics, sessions and talks
Princess Sarah Culberson addresses the evolving landscape of leadership in her keynote, emphasizing the need for community in both corporate and volunteer settings. Drawing from her unique experiences as an adopted child in a bi-racial family and her journey as a real-life princess from Sierra Leone, she shares valuable insights. Attendees will learn to embrace assumptions, engage in difficult conversations, and navigate challenges with compassion, ultimately fostering a culture of success within their organizations.
Sarah Culberson, raised in West Virginia, embarked on a transformative journey to uncover her biracial roots, discovering her connection to African royalty. As the granddaughter of a Paramount Chief in Sierra Leone, she evolved from a dancer to a humanitarian, co-founding Sierra Leone Rising to support education and female empowerment. In her keynote, Sarah emphasizes the importance of earning titles through core values like community building, self-acceptance, and overcoming fears. Attendees will learn to embrace their identities and pursue personal transformation.
In "Fear to Fabulous," Sarah Culberson shares her transformative journey of connecting with her biological family, overcoming the fear of rejection to embrace her heritage. This experience not only changed her life but also ignited her passion for supporting marginalized communities in Sierra Leone through public health and female empowerment initiatives. With her background in theater, Sarah advocates for diversity and self-discovery. Attendees will learn how to embrace the unknown and find their true purpose in life.
Bring Sarah Culberson to your event and inspire your team with her powerful journey of identity, leadership, and social impact, blending personal storytelling with practical tools for building inclusive cultures. Book Sarah now to help your organization embrace authentic leadership and drive meaningful change.
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To book Sarah Culberson, email sarah.culberson@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Sarah's availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
Sarah Culberson structures her keynotes around her personal narrative of tracing her biological roots through a private investigator, discovering her connection to Sierra Leonean royalty, and co-founding a humanitarian organisation in response. She uses this arc to anchor practical frameworks on identity, belonging, and values-led leadership, moving audiences from personal story to applicable team behaviour.
Princess Sarah Culberson speaks on belonging and inclusive culture, identity and values-led leadership, and overcoming fear to pursue personal transformation. Her headline credential is the discovery of her royal heritage in Sierra Leone, a story documented in her memoir A Princess Found, which is currently being adapted into a Disney live-action film.
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