Sam Pekarske is the kind of Milwaukee native that is quite confident about spending the rest of her life in her home town. Curating readings, penning poems, playing flute, and haphazardly working her way around the accordion are her least marketable but most well-enjoyed skills. Professionally she has held titles within financial services, marketing, design, and commercial copywriting, which makes for rousing dinner conversation on a good day. Her cat, Max, is overweight and seems happy about it.