Photo of Sam Tandy at Vertex Coffee Roasters Ann Arbor, January 2025. (Photo by Eden McCullough.)
Sam Tandy is a freshman at the University of Michigan, majoring in International Studies. She is passionate about seeing the beauty in the little things, and loves journaling, listening to music, and drinking coffee. One of her favorite activities is exploring all of the coffee shops that Ann Arbor has to offer. Her go-to order is an iced café miel latte with oat milk. Sam's love of coffee stems from the positive experience of growing up in a home that smelled of coffee grounds each morning. Sam loves documenting her life and holding onto her memories. She is often reflecting on the ways she has grown as a person, and will never turn down the opportunity to look at childhood pictures of her and her siblings.