Samantha joined J Street after working on a Los Angeles City Council campaign and for an academic institute through Berkeley Law. Samantha graduated from UC Berkeley in the Spring of 2021, where she majored in History and minored in Public Policy. During college, she was very involved with Berkeley Hillel and interned for a member of Congress, the Center for American Progress, and on a California congressional campaign. Samantha is living back in her hometown of Los Angeles, CA.