Hometown: Livingston, NJ

Education: Politics and Near Eastern & Judaic Studies, Brandeis University

Placement: Bronx Leadership Academy II

Sam, from Livingston, NJ, is a recent graduate of Brandeis University where he studied Politics and Near Eastern & Judaic Studies. He also studied abroad at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. While at Brandeis, Sam enjoyed working with children and peers. He served as a coordinator for a program that helps local middle school students who recently immigrated to the United States, and was also a teaching assistant for a statistics class. Sam enjoys reading, particularly John Feinstein books, and playing basketball. He is excited to be a BETA and join an organization committed to combating education inequality.

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