Ancestry Scientist
Samantha joined the Ancestry Team at 23andMe late in 2017. As a content scientist on the team, Samantha works closely with 23andMe’s population geneticists and content writers to craft an engaging (and educational!) product experience. Samantha became passionate about science communication during her Neuroscience PhD at the University of California, San Francisco, where she produced science podcasts and captained the UCSF Science Policy Group. In 2016, she served as the BRCA Foundation’s Multimedia Science Communications Coordinator, where she produced a podcast series highlighting a diversity of experiences related to hereditary forms of cancer.
