Sara Minkara

Sara Minkara is a Lebanese-American inclusion and disability expert. She is a disability rights advocate who served as the United States Special Advisor on International Disability Rights in the U.S. Department of State.

Personal life and education Minkara is of Lebanese descent and is a first-generation immigrant American. A Muslim,

Career Minkara founded the non-profit organization Empowerment Through Integration (ETI) ETI works with blind children, including refugees in Lebanon to help them build independence and learn life skills, like how to walk with a white cane or use a computer. In 2014–2015, she was a fellow at the Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and later a Dublin Fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She was also a Halycon fellow, an Echoing Green fellow, the recipient of the Emily Bultch Peace and Justice Award, and MIT IDEAS Award, and a Harvard Emerging Leader.

On October 28, 2021, United States President Joe Biden appointed Sara Minkara as the United States Special Advisor on International Disability Rights at the State Department. The position was established by President Barack Obama in 2010 but was not filled during the first Donald Trump presidency.