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Samantha Schoville is originally from Chicago, Illinois, and has had a lifelong passion for the literary arts.
Having received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Evergreen State College she first developed a keen interest in creative writing. Three years later she received her Masters in the Art of Teaching from National Louis University.
Upon graduating with her Master's degree, Samantha began writing travel-related content for various online publications such as; Oddisay, Trip101, and Open Books, among others...
Since then she has started her own blog and joined the team at Exploreist as one of their senior travel contributors.
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