She/Her/Hers • Peer Trainer and Coach • Alma and Mood Balance for Moms
Samantha joined the Crown Institute in 2021 as a Professional Research Assistant with the ALMA: Peer Mentoring Study. She came to the institute wanting to continue to strengthen her work with new families experiencing perinatal mood disorders and how peer support can help support them. Samantha has been doing peer work for the past 5 years with co-facilitating a support group for new mothers as well as being a patient advocate on her local county maternal mental health task force.