Affiliation: University of Arizona

Sarah Cart was referred to the research team by Phil (James) Lacasse, a neighbor and someone who had worked with Sarah. After re-scheduling once, Sarah met with Laura Loewer at her house in Iota, Louisiana.

Sarah Cart is originally from Iota, Louisiana (West of Lafayette). She was born in 1958. Sarah graduated high school and began work in a sewing factory in Crowley, Louisiana, as a secretary. For two years after that, she went to work for a plant in Lake Charles called “Hercules” as an operator producing polymer plastics. At the age of 21 in 1980, Sarah was hired full-time with Exxon (now ExxonMobil). Her career spanned 34 years, and she retired in November of 2014 as a board operator. During her career with Exxon, she was exclusively offshore except for 7 years working inland waters and 7 months in the Exxon office putting together conferences on safety for the company.