Attending FWM shaped me into an incredibly responsible and competent human being. When I entered both high school and college, I not only had a great educational foundation but I also had realistic expectations of life skills and responsibilities. As a 6-year-old, I just assumed that finishing an assignment in a timely manner, clearing your plates, washing and drying your dishes, and wiping down your work area was just what everyone did. And past just being a cleanly, thoughtful human being, the life skills and lessons we learned at FWM from a very young age helped me immensely as an adult. When I was a freshman in college, my roommates used to poke fun at me for immediately cleaning and putting away my dishes, folding the blankets on the couch, and being perhaps overly proactive about homework assignments, but it was just what I’d always done because it was ingrained in me at such a young age. Trust me, when being responsible for doing your own laundry, or policing yourself about getting homework done doesn’t come as a huge shock to you in college it makes life a LOT easier.
One word to describe FWM is nurturing. I always felt heard and protected at FWM. When you’re at FWM it feels like you have a whole other family watching out for you and making sure you’re reaching your full potential. FWM gave me so much agency and trust as a student, and that power shaped me into a person who isn’t afraid to be confident and let my voice be heard.
My fondest memory of FWM is when we were in Mrs. Brent’s class in 3rd grade. I can’t remember exactly why, but there was a sleepover scheduled for the 3rd graders, and I remember how awesome we thought it was to be having a slumber party in our classroom with all our friends and our favorite teachers. If my memory serves me, I believe some of my friends and I organized a talent show and performed a dance we choreographed for our whole class. I always remember that night because it was something you would never get to experience at any other school. The community and the hands-on attention we all received is completely unparalleled. Our teachers always made us feel special, unique and noticed.
High School attended: Greens Farms Academy in Southport, CT. Graduated with High Honors. Received the Theater Award and Keller Award (most improved in English).
College Attended: New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Majored in Theater and minored in Child & Adolescent Psychology. Graduated in 2016 with Honors and received the Founders Day Award for excellence in academics during all four years of college.
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Siena is currently filming two different movies on location in New Orleans, LA. One is a crime thriller called Semper Fi, in which she will be playing the spunky wife of one of the main characters. The other is a sci-fi thriller called Wellwood where she will be playing Vicky the spunky, too-talkative girl who lightens the mood with her levity in the face of adversity. When Siena is not filming, she resides in Brooklyn, NY.