Board Member

Samantha Rose Balaba is a National Honor Society senior at Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, MD, where she actively engages in numerous extracurricular activities such as the Varsity Cheer Team, The Community Service Club, and STEM Club, where she currently holds the position of Vice President..

Her outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills have enabled her to successfully serve in various leadership roles including two-time Captain of the Fashion Bootcamp program in Montgomery County MD, Student Body president, and camp counselor.

Ms. Balaba has recently been accepted into the Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she plans to pursue her studies in Business Management starting in fall 2023. Throughout her childhood

Ms. Balaba has been dedicated to serving her community in various capacities such as volunteering with the DUNN Foundation to pack backpacks for students in need, donating canned goods to the Washington DC Food pantry to combat food insecurity, organizing clothing drives with A Wider Circle to collect professional clothing, and contributing as a brain development research study participant at the National Institutes of Health, an activity that has been a significant part of her life since the age of eight.”

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