Sara Pickett Asks: "Do Dreamers Ever Really Sleep?"

You may think you don't know Sara Pickett but you probably do. Sara is the one who occasionally causes traffic jams throughout New York. She may be the reason you were late to work because some cab driver suddenly hit the brakes to get a glimpse of her beauty. She's the girl men wish would come to life on those billboards in the skyline. Appearing in advertisements for Ecko, Ford, Nike and Verizon Wireless, Sara's endearing smile may be the reason you upgraded your blackberry or switched carriers altogether.

Sara's your best friend when its time to straighten your curly hair or get touch ups around your edges. You probably never made the connection from the relaxer kits she is featured on to the prints in Glamour, Essence, Seventeen and Cosmo. Her versatility and range made her Marketing Exec's first pick for the principal role as "the girlfriend" or "best friend" in those addictive MTV music videos. Staying within the Viacom family, Sara appeared on the college themed B.E.T show: The Center, where she shared her own university life experience.

Coming from a close knit structured family with an older brother and sister, education was important to Sara. Sara attended Wesleyan University. She had initially planned on becoming a doctor but switched her major to psychology.

From the time she was nineteen, Sara had been on the go, balancing academics and work. Through work she was able to travel well. Her face was splashed through magazines and she seemed to be living an envious life for a student under twenty-one in Connecticut.

Then the summer before her senior year the unthinkable happened. At just twenty-six years old, Sara's brother Walter suddenly died of a heart attack on the fourth of July. She was devastated.