Samantha Garlejo

I'm Samantha, I graced this Earth in 1988 in San Jose, California; when I was about 13, we moved to Folsom, California. I just graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Environmental Studies/Biology. I'm the first person on my dad's side of the family to ever earn a degree and I'm pretty darn proud of it! I just went on my first backpacking trip on part of the PCT and loved it; I hope to go on many more camp and backpack trips while working in such pretty places!

Some other things I like are dance, pilates, swimming, biking, running (I do triathlons), art, photography, archie comics, learning songs on my uke, and puppies and kittens; when I'm ready, I plan on getting two dogs and naming them Meela and Knight.

I find the Western Fence Lizard and its ability to disable Lyme disease proteins completely fascinating and want to go back to grad school to study it, but, there are so many other interesting things the world has to offer! Also want to join the Peace Corps and do some traveling; hopefully by then, I'll truly know what captivates me.