Siena Valdivia
siena.valdivia@yale.edu
SIENA VALDIVIA
The Dancer’s Reprise

Pas de bourrée, 1-2-3, 1-2-3 — jeté and turn out, pointe more, extend the fingers and allongé, fifth position. Make it look easy. Hide the […]

March 28, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA, STEFFI KHINE, SIENA VALDIVIA & LIAM HUGHES
Opening My Yale Acceptance Letter

Every Yale admit has a story. Maybe you were casually scrolling through your phone when the notification popped up, or perhaps you were in the […]

March 28, 2025

SIENA VALDIVIA
On foxes and memories

When I was ten years old, living in Miami, my mom bought me a journal from Anthropologie. I had owned plenty of journals before — […]

February 21, 2025

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PROFILE: Thomas Papavramidis

“I’m Thomas, and I’m from Thessaloniki, Greece.”   These were the first words I heard from Thomas Papavramidis ’28. He uttered them assertedly in a […]

January 24, 2025

SIENA VALDIVIA
SHUTTER CLICKS

I didn’t expect to find a piece of my childhood waiting for me back home. When I walked into the kitchen, there it was on […]

January 21, 2025