Meet Samira, a spirited third-year engineering student at the University of Waterloo with a passion for both academics and athletics. Growing up in a family of competitive fencers, she took to the sport like a duck to water and now practices sabre fencing to hone her skills. Samira loves the thrill of the lunge, extend, and strategic play, often using her engineering mindset to analyze and optimize her techniques on the strip. Balancing her love for fencing and her rigorous studies, she dreams of designing innovative sports equipment that can enhance the experience for fencers everywhere.