Who is Sarah Jukaku? Meet Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed's wife whose family has roots in Karnataka's Bhatkal
While El-Sayed's political journey has brought him into the national spotlight, his wife Sarah has an academic and professional background of her own, spanning the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford and Columbia University.
Sarah Jukaku is the wife of Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed, who made history as the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. Sarah, an American-born psychiatrist, shares her roots with her husband, as her family hails from Bhatkal, a coastal town in Karnataka, India. Born and raised in Michigan, Sarah completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan, where she double majored in sociology and Near Eastern studies.
She then pursued her master's degree at the University of Oxford before earning her medical degree from Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2015. After graduation, Sarah embarked on a career in psychiatry, working in mental healthcare in Michigan and currently running a private practice in Ann Arbor.
It was while studying at the University of Michigan that Sarah met Abdul El-Sayed, a relationship that was widely reported on in the school's student newspaper, The Michigan Daily.
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