Sarah Stern is a designer who is humanizing healthcare. She specializes in making complex topics feel more approachable.



Have a look at her research, process, outcomes, and offerings.






Celebrating a community-centered health company


Intrepid Ascent was humble about their deep expertise in Medi-Cal and strong partnerships within the health ecosystem. Their strategic visual rebrand told a new story of “how” and “why.” 

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The opioid use disorder treatment system is complicated to navigate as a patient or policy maker. This patient journey map was made in partnership with the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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Creating a wellness brand


The client wanted a brand that would help her stand out in the sea of pastels of the online wellness industry. She needed a toolkit that she could continue to expand on in her own time.

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Telling chronic illness stories


This app prototype solved for the unmet emotional needs of people who identified as chronically ill. The qualitative research process behind the app informed a worldview documented in a short book.

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Visually explaining palliative care


This patient-facing poster created for a nurse in the Jefferson Health system showed the benefit of palliative care programs.

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