Sam Lindley

Activist, Brainstormer, Business leader, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Public servant, Social entrepreneur, Technologist

Samantha grew up in North Carolina where she graduated from North Carolina Central University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. After graduation, she joined the United States Air Force and worked as a Communications Officer in Germany, Iraq, Afghanistan and Montana. In Montana, she met her husband, Jake, and decided to separate from the military. She then followed in her mother's footsteps and currently works as an Independent Sales Director with Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Peace! I believe that the road to peace begins with education within the local community. By bringing education and awareness to a local community, it will spread to the broader community and so on.

Peace is achievable! Please live your life with love and a thirst for knowledge. Please go out of your way to make decisions based on pure love for those around you whether you know them or not. And please have the courage and determination to be the change you want to see!

Information Technology

Many people have recommended TED to me in the past and I never looked into it. I guess I wasn't ready. I randomly stumbled upon and it has completely changed my life! I had just returned from Afghanistan, which was an extremely difficult tour for me. After I returned, I felt the weight of the world and it overwhelmed me. I thought about how to stop war, how to stop violence, how to stop waste and how to make the world a better place overall. I decided that it starts with education, teaching people a better, smarter, more efficient, more loving way of life. But I struggled to find a way to achieve my dream of a better world. I spent a lot of time on the couch, feeling sorry for the world and myself. One day I found the TED Talks: Peace Mongers series on Netflix, thanks to a technology glitch and my father-in-law. The series was made for me! It was inspirational and gave me hope that there are others like me working towards a better world! I knew I had to be a part of it!

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