ABOUT

Samantha Feinberg is a student at Tufts University, double majoring in History and Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in Education. Recognizing that no single discipline could fully capture her academic interests, she designed an interdisciplinary major in Human Rights, Genocide, and Holocaust Studies. As part of this major, Samantha has worked with numerous organizations focused on Holocaust memory and antisemitism prevention. She also created an original curriculum for combating campus antisemitism, available on her platform Honoring The Past, Educating For The Future. Currently, she is conducting her largest research project to date: an honors thesis on educational indoctrination during World War II, featuring case studies on the Hitler Youth, Jewish ghettos in Poland, and American secondary and higher education institutions.

Samantha is best known as the Co-Founder and CEO of Balance Boxes, a youth-led nonprofit that has distributed over 50,000 curated educational kits to children across more than 30 countries and 20 states. Under her leadership, Balance Boxes has partnered with over 300 companies, raised more than $1.5 million in in-kind donations, and mobilized over 125 student volunteers. More information is available at www.balanceboxes.org. For her work, Samantha has been recognized as a JUF 18 Under 18 Honoree, the Discover/Humanity Rising Innovator of the Year, a George H.W. Bush Points of Light Honoree, and the recipient of the President’s Lifetime Volunteer Service Award for 4,000+ hours of service.

Her professional experiences span legal policy, international relations, and education, with internships at the World Jewish Congress, Anti-Defamation League, and Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. She has also taught preschool, served as a longtime tutor with Learn2Be, been named a Gilder Lehrman Undergraduate Advisory Council Member, and participated in the Democracy House Civic Leaders Fellowship to advance civic learning—all reflecting her deep commitment to compassionate, accessible educational environments.

On campus, Samantha has served as VP of External Affairs for Kappa Alpha Theta; co-founded Cultural Partnerships, which provides free ESL classes to immigrant families; interned with the Cummings Program for Holocaust and Genocide Education; and served on the Chabad Board, where she started an initiative that brings kosher Shabbat meals to Holocaust survivors.

Guided by a strong belief in human rights and education as a tool for justice and remembrance, Samantha plans to pursue a career in public interest law.