Meet the SAM Team

Jackson Bailey

SAM Peer Financial Coach 

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Headshot of Jackson, a young white man with light brown hair wearing a maroon sweatshirt bearing a large maroon and white M and the words "UMass Amherst." He is smiling at the camera. Behind him are green trees and blue sky.
Kailyn Cabrini

SAM Peer Financial Coach 

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A headshot of Kailyn: a white woman with long brown hair with blonde highlights. She is wearing a grey blazer, black turtleneck and small pendant necklace. She is smiling at the camera
Amen Evbuomwan

SAM Peer Financial Coach 

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Headshot of Amen wearing a maroon hooded sweatshirt with a white Smart About Money logo. He is smiling softly at the camera. In the background are grey pavement, a grassy lawn and trees.
Njoki Kinyua

SAM Peer Financial Coach 

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A headshot of Njoki, a black woman with long, light-brown dreadlocks adorned with several small wooden beads. She is smiling at the camera, and swearing a large pendant necklace and a maroon Smart About Money t-shirt.
Esra Nizami

Graduate Assistant for Financial Literacy and Education

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Selfie of Esra: a woman with olive skin and shoulder length, brown-black hair wearing large lucite-framed glasses and a pink and white zip-up sweater. She is smiling softly at the camera.
Sarisha Ray

SAM Peer Financial Coach 

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A headshot of Sarisha, a brown woman with shoulder-length, dark-brown hair. She is wearing a maroon t-shirt and small charm necklace while smiling brightly at the camera. Behind her is a tree with vivid orange leaves, and a blanket of leaves on the grass.
Allison Sowerbutts

SAM Communications Specialist

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A photograph of Ally, a white woman with long brown hair wearing a Smart About Money hooded sweatshirt. She is smiling at the camera and pointing to the SAM logo on her sweatshirt. Behind her is a grassy yard.
Sydney Warren

SAM Communications Specialist

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