Samantha is responsible for planning and coordinating key events and incoming and outgoing delegations for Arizona International. Her responsibilities include planning travel itineraries and logistics, staff meetings and events, and student events such as the annual Party at Global and commencement activities.

Samantha hails from the Constitution state, Connecticut, and pioneered to Tucson in 2008 to complete an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona. Over the past ten years, Samantha has completed two years of AmeriCorps service in Prescott, Arizona with the Prescott Farmers Market. After her service, she had the honor of living on the Fort Apache Reservation, home of the White Mountain Apache Tribe and worked with the Johns Center for American Indian Health. After her time in northern Arizona, she returned to Tucson and worked for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, Tucson Indian Center and UA College of Medicine. In 2018, she returned to UA and completed a graduate degree from the School of Geography, Development and Environment in 2020.  After spending the past 15 years in Arizona, she officially considers herself a desert-dweller. Samantha loves exploring the Sonoran Desert, hiking among the mighty saguaro, and backpacking her royal majesty, The Grand Canyon.