Sam is a Lecturer of English and Assistant Director of the Writing, Language, and Digital Composing Center. He is from Corpus Christi, Texas, and has called San Antonio home for the past 4 years. He received his B.A. in English and Philosophy and M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Sam has worked in writing centers for the past 8 years and enjoys being a part of a team that provides support for students. Sams scholarship explores intersectionality and liminality within writing centers and composition pedagogy, as well as the practices writing programs can use to make place for Chicanx, first-gen students within higher education.