Professional Profile
Sarah Carmona Zink is a highly successful Real Estate Broker, Business Owner (four companies and a non-profit), and Government Contracting Project Manager - one who takes pride in her Family, Friends, and Professional Relationships. As a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, she provides her team with knowledge of forecasting and trends in the local market. Sarah has also held contracting projects with Department of Energy, General Services Administration (GSA), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The awards she’s received can’t encompass the heart she puts into every group, cause, and effort she’s involved in, but there’s definitely a list worth recognizing.
In 2016, she received the prestigious Young Professionals Network’s Twenty Under 40 Award! This recognizes twenty outstanding individuals under the age of 40 in the Reno-Tahoe area for their professional, philanthropic, and leadership success in the local community. She was chosen as an outstanding leader in the community for her leadership qualities, personal achievements, and involvement in local communities.
Also, in 2016 and 2018, she was recognized as the leader of the #4 Latino Millennial Team in the Nation by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). NAHREP also recognized her as a member of the top 250 Latino Agents in the Nation in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. In 2018, her team was awarded #26 Latino Real Estate Team by Volume Sold in 2017. In 2019, she received her designation as a Certified Commercial Investment Member, and is now recognized as a leading expert in commercial real estate.
Although she specializes in business, Sarah has shown her heart for her community. She is on the Board of Directors for Reno-Tahoe Young Professional’s Network and is the co-chair the Twenty Under 40 Committee. She is also a member of the Renown Health Foundation Board of Directors; this board raises funds to purchase state-of-the art equipment, develop facilities, conduct research, offer community health programs, and provide educational training for healthcare professionals. Finally, but most importantly she is the Co-Founder of her own 501(c)(3) the Dreams Foundation, Inc., that has donated close to $600,000.00 to unmet needs of individuals and groups, faith-based organizations, and recognized charities, since its creation in 2012. Because of her own experiences with her son Howie, who was in the Renown Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for 27 days, she has made raising awareness and donations for the NICU her passion. In 2016, she launch the NICU Preemie and Newborn Pajama Drive which is now in its third 3rd year. Her foundation has raised and donated thousands of preemie and newborn pajamas, thousands of receiving blankets, medical equipment, $50,000 in medical grade bassinets, and other NICU needs. Her goal is to provide some sense of normalcy when the NICU is anything but a normal experience. And in 2020, she and another NICU mother have started an ‘in-patient’ parent support group to help others going through their NICU experience; they are offering a meal, an ear to listen, and/or a shoulder lean on. Sarah is also a regular volunteer for Reno Pride and the Offbeat Music Festival.