Sarah Elizabeth McGuire was born January 13, 1990 in Anchorage, Alaska to Michael and Marsha McGuire. When she was four, her family moved to Arizona where both Sarah and her older sister participated in ballet, gymnastics, and tap dance. After her father retired from the military, her family relocated to Oklahoma where Sarah, at age seven, began a full-fledged athletic lifestyle in soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming, hip-hop dance, and speed skating. Sarah did not begin acting until the age of 17, when a schedule mishap landed her in the high school theatre class. After graduating high school, Sarah moved to Kansas City where she studied Musical Theatre at Avila University. Graduating magna cum laude, in 2012, Sarah received a BFA in Musical Theatre.