Samantha Adelman (aka Sam) is a fourteen-and-a-half-year-old girl (freshman) with potential in the writing category. “Writing is like a gift to me,” she says with the brightest smile on her face. At age eleven, Samantha and her mom moved from Old Bridge to Freehold, which was somewhat traumatic due to a difficult divorce between her parents. But with the help of great friends, interesting hobbies, and a good support network, she was able to get through a hard time. Sam is now a bright young lady with hopes of becoming either a guidance counselor because she likes to help others, a YouTuber, or possibly even pursue a writing career. Sam’s hobbies include drawing (anime), singing, reading suspense and mystery books, watching horror and comedy films, cooking, editing videos, giving advice to those in need of some hope, and playing volleyball. Sam has a orange tabby cat whom she adores, named Chloe, who curls up on her lap when writing, showing her that she does, indeed, have a proper audience.