S
amantha Paige is an artist,
parent, and philanthropist
with a passion for life. Even
after multiple years spent earning
degrees in history, internation-
al relations and culinary educa-
tion, a jewelry making career, liv-
ing abroad, and becoming fluent
in multiple languages, Samantha
credits her health challenges as
her greatest teachers. Those chal-
lenges have shaped both her worl-
dview and the manner in which
she, as an artist and entrepreneur,
has learned to give back and pay
it forward in the most beautiful
and connected way. Samantha is
a role model and thought leader
who shows how people can en-
gage in vulnerable self-inquiry to
live a connected, fulfilled life that
feels like one's own. She asks her-
self and others through her social-
ly fueled campaign and project,
Last Cut, "How do I create a life
that feels like mine?" As a young
adult cancer survivor and BRCA1
previvor, Samantha has learned
to use life experiences as fuel,
and generates raw dialogue with
others about these life-changing
moments through her speaking
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