Samuel was born and raised in Venezuela and immigrated to the United States, fleeing political turmoil during his freshman year of college. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in journalism and multimedia communications, with a concentration in political science, from Florida International University. His reporting on migrant communities for Caplin News, one of FIU’s student newspapers, has been republished by local public media outlets WLRN and WUSF. He has also worked as a bilingual fact-checker at the Miami Herald, a local news intern at NBC4 Washington and Telemundo 44, and a 2024 election correspondent at Teen Vogue.
