ABOUT SAMANTHA

Samantha Feinberg graduated Summa Cum Laude from Tufts University with a double major in History and Interdisciplinary Studies, and a minor in Education. Seeking an academic path that fully reflected her interests, she designed an interdisciplinary major in Human Rights, Genocide, and Holocaust Studies. Samantha received highest honors for her thesis on educational indoctrination during World War II, which examined the Hitler Youth, Jewish ghettos in Poland, and American higher education institutions.

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

Samantha’s professional experience spans legal policy, public interest, and education. Guided by a steadfast belief in human rights, she plans to pursue a career in public interest law.