Samantha Rohman has called Palo Alto home for more than 22 years. She is a graduate of Gunn High School and UC Santa Barbara, where she received her BA in History. Sam is currently pursuing her MA in Public History with a specialization in California history at CSU East Bay. She is an advocate of sustainability and historic preservation. In her free time, she runs an historical preservation Instagram account called California Cottages. Sam lives in a sunny-yellow 1926 cottage in Crescent Park with her dog Beau.