Sara Shneiderman holds degrees in both Anthropology and Religious Studies from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

She first visited Nepal as a student in 1994, and has conducted research with Buddhist and Bon women in Himalayan areas such as Mustang and Dolakha. As a Fulbright Scholar in Nepal in 1999-2000, Sara conducted ethnographic research with the Thangmi, a little-known ethnic group indigenous to the eastern districts of Dolakha and Sindhupalcok.

Photography plays a central role in her work, and in September 2000 she held her first photo exhibition, THANGMI, in Kathmandu. Sara is at present completin her doctoral dissertation in the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University.

Sara Shneiderman