Samantha Leal is a writer, editor, and content strategist that covers lifestyle, including beauty, travel, wine, drinks, style... basically all the good things in life. She also loves to moderate and speak on panels, host events, and appear on podcasts and the like (so, uh, hire her). She's held editor roles at The Knot, Latina magazine, Marie Claire, and Well+Good, and her byline is all over the place including Refinery29, Byrdie, Elle, The Atlantic, and more. She graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University with a degree in Journalism (emphasis on magazines) and a minor in African history. When she's not writing or working, she's traveling the world, eating and drinking all the things, and listening to money podcasts. You can find her everywhere @samanthajoleal.