Samaa is a writer, poet, and a lover of the outdoors. She’s spent the last 10 years working with many organizations as a facilitator and a leadership coach (for leaders of color). Samaa’s recent writing can be found in Cider Press Review, Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic, Writing the Land: Maine, and in her recent chapbook, Each Day is Like An Anchor. She is the editor of From Root to Seed: Black, Brown, and Indigenous Poets Write the Northeast (2023). She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Maine Humanities Council and spends her spare time exploring the woods, waterways, mountains of Maine.