Samantha (“Sam”) Aviles began her employment position as of June 4, 2024 as Librarian/Archivist of the Jacob Leisler Institute. Sam oversees organizing, cataloging, and maintaining the Institute’s collections and finding aids, and helping researchers. Pictured above, she is aiding noted University of Melbourne, Australia, criminologist and historian Dr. Adrian Howe in researching Jacob Leisler for a forthcoming work.