Samantha Montemayor is a Sexual Health Counselor currently serving the community of New York City as the Oasis Case Manager of the Latino Commission on AIDS. Most recently she was a member of the "Activate and Elevate Fellowship" Workgroup of the Human Rights Campaign and has also been in the "Elevate" program of NMAC. She has been a community activist since 2017 and was the House Manager for Casa Anandrea, the only trans shelter in the state of Texas and the Board Secretary of GENTex, a trans-led organization based in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.