Samantha Castro is an author, editor, and student. She has published three poetry collections, Wise by Nature (2023), Cathartic (2025), and Desiderium (2026) . Samantha is a sophomore at SUNY Oneonta with a dual major in English and Adolescent Education and minors in Educational Psychology and Middle School Education. She is a poetry editor at The Printing Press and Diamond Gazette. In her free time, she enjoys playing guitar, reading, and a strawberry matcha at any small local coffee shop.