Sally frequently speaks at national and local journalism conventions and universities and is been featured in newsletters and magazines. She especially loves mentoring young journalists. She’s also a creative writer and has written dozens of essays about her life.

Some highlights:

In 2009, Sally led a very highly-attended workshop called "How to break into national magazines" at the Society of Professional Journalists conference.
In July 2008, Sally organized and moderated a panel of top journalists at the UNITY convention in Chicago, a gathering of 10,000 journalists in television, online and print media. Click here for the panel handout.
Sally was featured on the "Contributors" page in the August 2008 issue of Latina
Sally was quoted in National Geographic Traveler's "Places of a Lifetime"
On April 24, 2007, Sally was the travel expert on Budget Travel’s Web site, talking about Pacific Northwest travel in a live chat. She is also featured in the print magazine’s May issue.

Here's what Ruthie Kaposi, Budget Travel's online producer had to say about Sally's chat:

"Awesome job today! You gave such detailed and good answers—I think some of the best answers I’ve seen from a trip coach guest in a while. The thought you put into it really showed. Thanks so much again for participating."

Sally was featured in the Contributors section of Her Sports + Fitness’ February 2007 issue and Seattle Metropolitan’s June 2006 edition.

On May 20, 2006, Sally was at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (one of the city's daily newspapers) volunteering at a resume-critiquing event for college students who want to work in print journalism.

University of Washington, spring 2005. Career panel with Seattle Supersonics’ Valerie O’Neil and others.

South Asian Journalists Convention at Columbia University, June 2004. “Breaking into Journalism” panel with Gitika Ahuja, ABC News producer in Boston; Sabrina Clay, producer of The Today Show; Ernabel Demilo, anchor at Fox 5 in New York; Eric Wee, former staff writer at The Washington Post and Milanee Shah, reporter at Bloomberg TV.

Ziryab reading, featured in Time Out New York, March 4, 2004. Focused on Sally’s essays.

Featured alumnus, UW Communications newsletter. Front-page feature article, fall 2005.

Featured Scholar, Freedom Forum newsletter, August 2001.

Guest Columnist, Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, Oct. 2001