Sirena grew up around the U.S. and abroad her mother, Margaret Irwin-Brandon, is a harpsichordist and conductor of a Baroque Orchestra, and her father, John Irwin, was a physicist (with a significant stint as a dropped out hippie)-landed ultimately at Sanford University. After time spent at Northfield Mt. Hermon boarding school where she fell in love with theater, she attended San Francisco State University and graduated with degrees in Theater and International Relations. After a successful sti ...