At an awesome height of 4’8”, Sam Javier empowers other short people through her work as a Public Speaker, Brand Ambassador and Model. Being born and raised in Kapolei, Hawaii on the island of Oahu to first generation Filipino-American parents, Sam was instilled to work extremely hard in life, to be ambitious and to LOVE FOOD. Her background includes completing a politics and speech program at Stanford University at age 13, being valedictorian of her graduating class, and achieving her Bachelor’s Degree in International Business, Cum Laude, while studying abroad in Japan and China for her double minors. In this episode, we discuss the topics of tough love and discipline, the value of family and conversation, colorism, the societal narrative around being short, food as a privilege, and paying it forward.