Samara was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and currently resides with her husband and daughter in Lutherville, Maryland. Raised in a proudly reform Jewish household, she became a Bat Mitzvah and earned her confirmation at Har Sinai Congregation of Baltimore. She is a graduate of Towson University with a degree in Political Geography and Environmental Planning. Samara, with her family, own and operate several Private Career schools in Baltimore City, Baltimore, and Carroll Counties. Samara strongly supports BZD's mission to bring Israeli culture to the Baltimore community. She has always held the strong belief that being Jewish means being a supporter of the State of Israel. necessity, not just for the Jewish people as our rightful home, but for her historical, cultural, educational/ research, and security significances.