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When she was 15,  Samsara fronted her first cover band.  Later that year, her beloved father passed away suddenly.  Her mother remarried and life got worse.  Much worse.  Samsara was subjected to violent and sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather and stepbrother.  At 16, she climbed out a window and ran away, never to return.  She worked her way through university.  Always around music, one of her odd jobs in university was at a record store.  (She calls it a record "shop" in "Strawberry Parfait.")

"A backpack full of hopes and dreams."

At 20, Samsara moved to the US with $200 and a backpack full of hopes and dreams. At 22, she was involved in a boating accident causing a brain injury that left her in a coma for 3 weeks. She has never driven due to a seizure disorder resulting from that injury.  When she awoke, she was briefly paralyzed on one side of her body. While in rehab, determined to walk, she decided to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. An unlikely audition set her on the road as a backing vocalist to Steve Winwood. 

"I was in the right place at the right time with the right look and sound," she claims. But when it came to making it as a solo artist, Samsara tells a different story. "There was already one Stevie Nicks and the industry didn't need another."  

She wrote a song called "Hero" for an indie movie. While helping a friend launch a restaurant, she was singing one of Bryan Adams' songs when the artist himself walked in and proferred his manager's business card.  That brought about another year on the road.  Alas, Samsara suffers from chronic autoimmune GI disorders which made it difficult to endure that life.  She returned to school to pursue an MBA and got a "real job." On weekends, she performed in wedding bands. She wrote a motivational book and toured as a motivational speaker.  She founded a very successful business.  Life was going well.  Then came more heartbreak and pain.