Rise to fame

At fourteen years old, she released her debut album Popstar: A Dream Come True. The debut album was awarded a sixtuple (6x) platinum award, selling over 180,000 copies. Aside from singing, she has also done supporting roles for movies like "Filipinas", "Captain Barbell" and "Annie B." and has starred in her own television soap opera entitled "Sarah, The Teen Princess". She has also scored endorsement deals for Jollibee, Charmee and Talk And Text for Smart Telecommunications.

Sarah released her sophomore album in November 2004 entitled Sweet Sixteen.The album reached a platinum record status just within a month . A month later, she starred opposite Mark Bautista, her runner-up, in the fantasy film "Lastikman". In her second album "How Could You Say You Love Me" was her carrier single.

In 2005, Sarah sang the theme of reality show winners Hero Angeles and Sandara Park's launching movie "Can This Be Love",which was released as a maxi-single and achieved gold record status in a months time. She also became a mainstay in the fourth season of "SCQ Reload, Kilig Ako". Sarah is a talent of VIVA Entertainment Group and is part of ABS-CBN.

In the summer of 2005, Sarah together with her fellow champions reunited for a United States Tour of Pinoy Idols: Return Of The Champions which was brought to selected cities in the U.S. for a two-month period.