Sam is an engineer who lives out in Portland, Oregon with her pitbull that she rescued while in graduate school at University of Florida. She was an elite saber fencer who competed nationally and internationally for the US so she was so fortunate to get to travel the world to compete and that's where her passion came from. Her family instilled the magic of Disney in her from a child and she loves to share that with other people. She's done every kind of trip from a relaxing get away to an Ultimate Tour day, where you do every ride, show and major character meet-and-greet between park opening and closing, ask me about it!

She's full of fun facts about Disney history and ride engineering and when she became the go-to person at work for families traveling to Disney, she thought why not try being a travel agent and has loved it! She currently travels to Disney on both coasts (and has also traveled to Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland - her new favorite), mainly for runDisney races and is completing her first Dopey challenge in 2025! She has an autoimmune issue which has her eating a gluten-free and dairy-free diet, so she knows all about navigating travel with food allergies. Her goal is to stay in every Disneyworld hotel - from Value resorts to Deluxe club level and has currently stayed at 11 hotels so far.