is a trilingual creator, poet, and performer, who starred in the 2022 Off-Broadway productions of SoHo Rep's Notes on Killing..., and Quiara Alegría Hudes' My Broken Language at Signature Theatre. She recently workshopped the lead role of John Leguizamo's new musical comedy and will next be seen on stage in Los Angeles in the world premiere of A Transparent Musical at the Mark Taper Forum. Samora wrote and starred in the Spanglish rap opera, pato, pato, maricón, which premiered at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest and recently gave a TEDx Talk entitled, “Do Latines Need to Speak Spanish? Finding Your Lost Mother Tongue.” Samora graduated from CMU with degrees in Drama and Global Studies and was a YoungArts Presidential Scholar at LaGuardia High School.