Samantha Russell is a pediatric occupational therapist who has worked in public school systems across several states supporting children with learning challenges and varying exceptionalities for more than a decade. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Health Education and a minor in Dance. She continued her education at the University of Augustine for Health Sciences where she earned a Master of Occupational Therapy. Her passion is to encourage and promote her students to be as functional as possible in their educational environment, while providing essential resources/tools to parents, caregivers, teachers and school support staff. Samantha lives in Saint Augustine, Florida with her husband and three young children.