Sarah Rachael Wainio

Sarah Rachael Wainio (she/her) has had her work appear on The Food Network, Magnolia Network, Netflix, TLC, and Max. She produced the first three seasons of MTV’s seminal show “Teen Mom: Young + Pregnant”; bringing the real-life consequences of unplanned teen pregnancy to a national audience – producing both of the queer stories on Young + Pregnant for seasons 1-3. Sarah’s film credits include THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON (Netflix), 32 PILLS: MY SISTER’S SUICIDE (Max), and BUSY INSIDE (PBS). She earned an MFA in Social Documentary Film from the School of Visual Arts and has a dual degree in Psychology and Philosophy from Fordham University. Sarah is one of DocNYC and A&E’s 2023 Documentary New Leaders. Sarah is the Co-chair of the Documentary Producers Alliance Ethics Subcommittee where she is developing a free ethics resource library for the industry. She is a member of the Ethics Squad – a group of documentary thought leaders touring the U.S. teaching ethics workshops. She lives in New York City with her cats Theodora and Tovah.