Samantha N Fredman

Proudest Moment: Coming to the full realization that I had developed trusting, close relationships with the faculty that I felt most attached to and inspired by

Thesis: “Hurt People Keep Hurting:” Trauma Informed Care in Young Adult Homelessness Services

I am an aspiring doctor most passionate about equity, justice, and accessibility of essential services. I am most passionate about building a world that deeply understands, or even simply acknowledges, the different challenges people face as a result of dehumanizing systems and structures; a world that intentionally centers relationships and encourages empathetic relations as an act of radical interdependence.

I currently work to promote housing equity through my work in emergency shelters providing basic necessities to unsheltered young adults. I am driven by my relationships with young people and excited about the change we can promote through developing healing centered trauma-informed practices.

Even though the last few paragraphs may have spoken otherwise, I very rarely take myself seriously. I love to sing (and clumsily play guitar, ukelele, or tambourine), to laugh at myself, to engage in general tomfoolery, and to drink consume absurd amounts of pepper chips, coffee, and chocolate.