Samantha L. Nephew

Samantha Nephew is a lifelong Buffalonian, proud graduate of the Buffalo Public Schools, and a graduate of Buffalo State University and St. Bonaventure University. She is active in many organizations in the Greater Buffalo Niagara region including the Women's TAP Fund, the Buffalo/Erie County Library Foundation, Indigenous Women's Initiative, and others. She has been an outspoken advocate on issues that affect the most vulnerable communities and has spent the majority of her career in nonprofit work to better her community. Nephew is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians and is Deer Clan.