Samah N. Shaiq currently serves as a Deputy Press Secretary in the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy. She previously served as the Deputy Press Secretary for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Prior to that, she worked at American Bridge 21st Century. Samah started her career working on several local and statewide campaigns in her home state of California. She is a proud Muslim-American and the daughter of Pakistani immigrants. Samah graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Political Science and calls the Bay Area and Los Angeles home.