Samantha Harker

Activist, Artist, Athlete, Blogger, Brainstormer, Concerned citizen, Event planner, Explorer, Foodie, Idea generator, Inventor, Jewish, Musician, Performer, Scientist, Student, Writer/Editor

Samantha Harker is a 17-year-old female advocate with autism. She has been attending college since age 14 and currently attends the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis Missouri and Arizona State University. Samantha will graduate with degrees in Medical Humanities and English in May, 2022. She is the recipient of the 2020 Schwallie Family Scholarship from the Organization of Autism Research (OAR). She aspires to become a Neurologist or Neuroscientist. She also writes articles for the Organization of Autism Research. She memorized 1,294 digits of pi in two days and plans to go for the national record. Samantha is writing her first novel and continues to narrate her experience with autism in overcoming trauma and reaching her goals.

Memorizing pi and learning about science. I am a student at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy studying Medical Humanities and a Student in the Starbucks College Achievement plan at Arizona State University majoring in English.

courage, memorization, responsibility, science, strength

Communicating and managing a large task load. I am talented at leading and distributing ideas and plans. I am a go-getter and I have big goals and dreams.