Sam is a creative nonfiction essay and poetry writer and editor, and mixed media visual artist and animator working with both traditional (gouache, watercolor, ink, colored pencil) and digital mediums. She combines poetry, prose, and visual art to create rich multi discipline worlds in both her written and visual storytelling practice. Her work explores the intersections of creation and processes in the natural world.

Sam has a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Kennesaw State University. She served three years as Content Editor for the internationally acclaimed arts and literary publication The Adroit Journal and served as Co-Editorial Director at The Headlight Review. Her own creative work is published in Josephine Quarterly, Blue Earth Review (MSU, Mankato), The Adroit Journal, Carolina Muse, and others, with mixed media visual work and animated short films appearing in gallery showings at The Bakery Atlanta and others. She received a distinguished fellowship in the '21-'22 Herstory Writers workshop cohort and participated in LOSTINTHELETTERS garden reading events. She has professionally edited and facilitated creative writing for various clients across the US for 8+ years.

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Sam owns Red Fawn, a small-batch herbal products and nature education company purposed to holistically support the wellbeing of under-resourced communities and the development of artists and writers in her community and beyond, through her leadership at international arts collective, KokoroNation.