Sara Diaz-Miller was born in Mexico City Mexico to a circus family who performed as the "Diaz Sisters". Sara began her career performing juggling unicycle, Spanish web and swinging ladders.
In the late 1960s Sara developed her solo "Hair Hang" act, and worked under the stage name of "Misako Sen. Sara's production number had an Asian theme, she would arrive in the center ring in a rickshaw and dressed in Asian wardrobe.
Sara's act was featured first on Circo Atayde, she then toured Central and South America with various circuses. Sara Diaz was a featured performer with "Caravana Corona", a touring stage show produced by the "Corona Beer Company".
In 1972 Sara emigrated to the United States and began performing her act in the U.S.. In 2973 while working with the Hoxie Bros. Circus she met sideshow manager Stuart "Stu" Miller, later that year the coupled were married in the circus' center ring. After Sara's marriage to Stu, Sara's sister Marina began performing the hair hang act.
After several more years of working on circuses Sara and Stu open their own circus "Magic Time USA", (later renamed "the American family Circus"). The circus traveled throughout the United States and Canada.
After Sara's husband Stuart passed away in 1998, she retired to her home in Gibsonton, Florida. |
