Sami Cover
Director of Student Support

As the Director of Student Support for Cambridge Coaching, Sami is passionate about helping students achieve their academic and career goals. Alongside the Student Support Team, she advises students and families on their education pathways and connects them with tutors who can best assist them, overseeing the relationships along the way. Sami has been with Cambridge Coaching since 2020 and has delighted in watching the company grow over the past half decade.

Sami attended Friends Seminary in New York City and subsequently graduated from Brown University in 2012 with a BA in Theatre Arts. She then spent four years as the Company Manager for New York-based event designer David Beahm, where she assisted in designing and planning events at some of the city's most iconic venues. She began her career in the education space as the Director of Community for Blue Balloon Songwriting School, a music program connecting independent music teachers with students of all ages.

In her spare time, Sami is a an accomplished lyricist and librettist for musical theatre, having trained at the renowned BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Her musicals have been produced Off Broadway, regionally, and internationally, as well as at educational institutions across the country. She currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, Chris, and her Antiguan rescue pup, Vince.

Education

BA in Theatre Arts at Brown University

Favorite books

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

What is your favorite class you've ever taken?

An Intro Archaeology class at Brown. For our final project, we got to write a research paper on anything we wanted. I did both archival research and field work as I explored the fascinating history of the now closed-off tunnels under Brown's campus. It was certainly the most fun I ever had writing a final paper!

What is your favorite thing about CC?

The impact we have on students and families. I joined CC because I wished I had CC during my own college admissions process, and four years later, this still holds true. We are advocates, advisors, and cheerleaders for our students, and I think this makes us an incredibly special company to work for!

What is something you're learning right now?

The piano! I own a piano that was passed down to me from my grandmother, but I've actually never taken a lesson. I'm teaching myself (slowly but surely).