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She has been working with children, infants to teens, for 25 years and she holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English from PACE University, a Master’s Degree in English and Creative Writing from SUNY Binghamton, and she has accumulated 30 credit hours towards a Master’s of Professional Studies in Secondary and Special Education from Manhattanville College.

Sammi has always had a passion for learning, and becoming a teacher was a natural career choice.  “You laugh, you cry and you work harder than you ever thought you could.  Your wallet is empty, but your heart is full and your mind is packed is packed with memories of the kids who have changed you life.”

When she isn’t teaching, you can find Sammi spending time with her nieces, Mia and Lexi, and her nephew, Nicky, or playing with her dogs, Maggie May and Molly Maguire.  She spends the summers at Camp Hillard in Scarsdale, where she has worked since 1998; for most of those years, she was the Divisional Head Counselor for the three and four year old mini-day campers.  Most recently, she has been working with the CIT’s, or the counselors in training, all rising 7^th to 10^th graders.

Sammi’s favorite colors are orange and yellow, her favorite novels include The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Stand, and all of the Harry Potter novels.  Her favorite films are to numerous to list, but Jaws and The Sound of Music are definitely at the top of her list.  She is an avid fan on the New York Yankees, a spirited supporter of Stepinac Varsity Football, where her oldest brother works as a Head Coach, an ardent admirer of Gordon Ramsay and an unabashedly ravenous fan of The Walking Dead.

“We don’t stop playing because we get old.  We get old because we stop playing.”