Complex sentence: Born in Youngstown, Ohio, and raised in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Sam using his mother's maiden name of "Ayers" moved to New York and began using Ayers professionally as his last name.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Youngstown, Ohio, and raised in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Sam using his mother's maiden name of "Ayers". He moved to New York and began using Ayers professionally as his last name.