Background
Schaefer was raised in Midlothian, Virginia, the daughter of Billie and William "Bill" Schaefer. Her mother started the charity Pennies for Heaven, Incorporated. She has three siblings, Ross, Cristy, and Jay.
Schaefer was raised in Midlothian, Virginia, the daughter of Billie and William "Bill" Schaefer. Her mother started the charity Pennies for Heaven, Incorporated. She has three siblings, Ross, Cristy, and Jay.
She attended Maggie Walker Governor"s School, and went to college at William & Mary.
Following college, in 2000, Schaefer moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and participated in the theater scene. In 2001 Schaefer moved to New York City and began writing, producing and performing comedy. During that time she also worked as a damages analyst (2001-2006) at a New York City law firm.
In 2006-2007, she hosted an on-line comedy/music show for America Online called The Doctor of Laws, for which she made around 350 videos or segments with a varied assortment of noted and upcoming artists, musicians and performers, from Hulk Hogan and Aretha Franklin to Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Kennedy.
In 2007, she was a featured performer at the Home Box Office Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. In 2008, she was an editor for Video Hits One"s Best Week Ever blog.
She has appeared on East!, Vh1, Fuse and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In 2009 New York Magazine named Sara one of the "Ten new comedians that funny people find funny."
In 2011 she wrote for the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and was named one of the Huffington Post"s "53 Favorite Female Comedians".
Since early 2011, Schaefer has been hosting a popular podcast with comedian Nikki Glaser called You Had To Be There.
Nikki & Sara Live, a weekly talk show television series hosted by Schaefer and Glaser, premiered on January 29, 2013, on Music Television.