About

Samantha is a Catholic convert, homeschooling mother of 4, and author with a heart to illuminate the beauty and dignity of the feminine vocation. Samantha's passion is helping women pray in and through motherhood.

She is the author of Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad the Mama Prays Devotional, and The Bellbind Letters: Inside the Devil’s Plan for Your Motherhood (to be published by OSV in the spring of 2026).

Samantha holds master's degrees in theology and bioethics, is a former Paul Ramsey Fellow at the Center for Bioethics and Culture (2023-2025), and course instructor for Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute.

For several years, Samantha explored optimal health and emerging medical research and technology via her podcast and Substack newsletter, Brave New Us, and shared devotional-style stories designed to reveal the hidden holiness in every moment of motherhood on the podcast Mama Prays.

Samantha’s writing has been featured at Blessed Is She, CatholicMom, Crisis Magazine, The Federalist, FemCatholic, Natural Womanhood, Notre Dame’s Grotto Network, Our Sunday Visitor, Public Discourse, and Word on Fire.

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