Sarah Fowler is an elected citizen in the village of Tahsis. She has served her community in the deputy mayor role since 2018.  Over the course of her first term as an elected council member she has received a level 1 and 2, certificates from the Local Government Leadership Academy. Being involved in both the Municipal Climate Innovation program and Compassionate Integrity Training has informed her goals for multi-solving and silo-bridging.  In addition to currently being the 2nd Vice President on the AVICC Executive, she also participated on the UBCM Board from 2020-2024.

As a mother and a micro-homestead operator, access to affordable healthy foods has been a focus even prior to moving to a remote place. Locally, in addition to sitting on the Nootka Sound Watershed Society, which largely focuses on salmon fishing tourism, she also works together with Gold river volunteers to distribute fruit and vegetable boxes. The village of Tahsis made food security a strategic priority in 2023 and has helped with freight cost and carbon sharing of perishables biweekly programs.