Samantha N ChencharikSamantha N. Chencharik is a Ph.D. candidate studying English with a focus on narrative medicine - marrying science with storytelling. She works as a Senior Writer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she also volunteers as a mentor for Viible Ink, a writing therapy program that empowers people with cancer to give voice to their stories. When she is not writing and reading, she is training for marathons. Samantha grew up on Long Islander and now lives in New Jersey with her husband, Steven, one-year-old son, Wesley, and one on the way. Read More Read Less