Sagiri has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and has worked for several years at Microsoft in a seasonal position as Royalty Reporting PM during the digital media licensing team's annual royalty reporting season (Interactive Entertainment Business unit). In an associate producer role for
Paul Kostick's feature film debut
Carried Away (1998), Sagiri solicited and negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers a North American home distribution deal which also provided an advance to help complete and ready the picture for distribution. She assisted in the
Ancient Warriors (2003)'s sales office at AFM, and also solicited and helped to secure worldwide distribution, reviews and a screening for the dark comedy horror film
Natural Possession: Director's Cut (2008) upon the request of a friend.