Samantha Carpenter is the Core Campus and Adjunct Principal at Virtaul Arkansas. With 17 years of experience as an educator, she has spent the most recent as an administrator at Virtual Arkansas. She has taught on both the higher-ed and secondary level, and courses taught include: Oral Communication, Basic Communication, Integrated Communication for the Web, English 9, 10, 11, and 12, AP Language and Composition, and Journalism I.
A journalist for nearly a decade before starting her education career, she loves to ask people questions. She truly believes everyone has a story to tell.
Married with three children, Carpenter's twin sons are juniors in college studying computer science, and her daughter is a junior and loves STEM courses.
In her spare time, Carpenter enjoys cheering on her daughter at pole vault, swim, and dive events. She also loves reading, especially historical fiction.