Born and raised in North Delta and a UBC lifer (West Coast, best coast, obviously), Samara spent most of medical school convinced she was destined for a different specialty—until everything clicked when she stepped into her first EM shift and the emergency department has felt like home ever since! She’s especially passionate about social emergency medicine and is committed to making the ED a safer, more equitable space for all.
When she’s not on shift, you can find her yapping over sweet treats in every café Vancouver has to offer or getting a little too competitive during a game of Settlers of Catan (bonus points if bardcore is playing in the background). An amateur field hockey player and chronic hobby dabbler, she’ll try anything—as long as no one expects her to be good at it – so if you’re looking for someone to join you on an adventure, she’s almost always picking up what you’re putting down. While she may not be the most outdoorsy of the bunch, she’ll still tag along on your hike with snacks in tow, providing rambling narration of the journey.
Aside from Samara’s love for terrible reality TV dating shows and last-minute travel plans, she is also obsessed with dogs in a way that’s borderline alarming and will interrupt any conversation to point out every single one trotting by. Though she doesn’t have a dog (yet), she compensates by treating her brother’s pup like a minor celebrity—and showing unsolicited photos of him to anyone within arm’s reach.