Sam Searles joined CIRCLE as Communications Coordinator in March 2024. She graduated from Suffolk University in 2021 with a BA in Journalism after transferring from UNH Manchester where she studied Communication Arts.

Prior to CIRCLE, she was a Report For America Corps member, reporting on Gun Violence Prevention at WHYY News in Philadelphia. Searles has interned with New Hampshire Public Radio, Skillsoft, and NECN. She has deep passions for lifelong learning, justice, youth initiatives, and media literacy, and has served in various civic and mutual aid volunteer positions in her home state of New Hampshire.