Naomi was born in Durham, NH and moved to Aspen, CO when she was two. There she attended Aspen Country Day School and Aspen High School and became actively and passionately involved in theatre. She studied ballet and jazz dance with The Aspen Ballet Company (later Aspen Sante Fe Ballet Company) and studied theatre with Aspen Theatre in the Park (later Theatre Aspen). In high school, she worked to develop and expand her high school's drama department through a fundraising program she started called THe Producer's Club. Last fall she entered Cornell University as a freshman Theatre Arts major. There she started a student theatre troupe, The Risley Players, which is devoted to bringing the opportunity to participate in and watch quality theatre to Cornell students. Last semester, The Risley Players performed "Romeo and Juliet" and "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change." Naomi also become the Artistic Director for Cornell's only student-run theatre, Risley Theatre.
Lifetime Achievment Award (Aspen High School Drama Dep., 2005); 2005 Aspen High School Valedictorian; 2002 Aspen School for Theatre Arts Student of the Year
- Intelligent/ Intellectual
- Kind
- Extremely motivated
- Determined
- Disciplined