Samantha Fernandez Samantha's Journey

Welcome to our family's CaringBridge website.  We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place.  Samantha is a caring and beautiful 18 year-old.  She loves playing her viola, enjoys orchestra class and being a member of the Colorguard for the Marching Huskies at Andover High School (2019 State Champions!).  She is very close with her sister Stephanie and her older brother Alek and his wife Sierra.  She has a dry sense of humor (very Minnesotan like LOL) and loves her job taking care of little kiddos at Golden Rule / Seeds of Grace Child Care.  She has been a Girl Scout since Kindergarten, recipient of the Bronze Award and caddie/leader.  She was also elected by our Service Unit as SU Delegate.  Sam is a member of Andover High School's National Honor Society Chapter and dreams of becoming a psychologist specializing in education.  Diagnosed with ESRD (end stage renal disease) in 2021 at just 16, we hoped and prayed for a donor kidney transplant. On May 10, 2022 she received the gift of life so she can thrive, enjoy life and live out her hopes and dreams!  We are so incredibly grateful! We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. Thank you for visiting!