Samantha Heyison was born with constricted band syndrome impacting the formation of some of her limbs. She started playing sports early on, including soccer, softball, and basketball but eventually focused on track and field. Samantha is a three-time high school state champion in Maryland and currently is a red shirt freshman at Wake Forest University. In 2021, she attended her first para track and field development camp and went on to compete at the Desert Challenge Games in 2022 and was part of the Move United delegation to IWAS in Portugal later that year. Now, she is heading to Paris to compete in her first Paralympic Games this summer.