Her works focus on the resiliency, self-determination, and sovereignty of Indigenous populations through the collaboration and shared experiences between communities, specifically within nitspu tiłhin ktitʸu, the State of California.
[2][8] Biscarra-Dilley is a part of the LGBTQ+ community and continues to incorporate this into her work, "The mixed-heritage, lesbian daughter of a strong-willed Mexican and Native American mother and an out, HIV-positive father, she has had the distinct benefit of being raised by inter-generational networks of blood and chosen/LGBTQ family; something to which she attributes many of her skills.
"[5] Biscarra-Dilley's connection to the LGBTQ+ community is shown in her participation in projects such as the group exhibit at the Toronto Free Gallery called the Emnowaangosjig – Coming Out: The Shifting and Multiple Self [9] and the National Queer Arts Festival for numerous years.
"[10] As of 2016, Biscarra-Dilley is working on writing a book that is focused on her Chumash heritage, in which "she hopes to bring all the parts, even the ugly ones, into the light to set the stage for healing.
"[8][14] The Facebook, Inc. headquarters in Menlo Park, California features mural work in a dining hall by Sarah Biscarra-Dilley and the Black Salt Collective.[when?