Genna is currently a Senior at South Forsyth High School (Cumming, GA). She is a member of the SFHS War Eagle Marching Band and former member of both the Color Guard and Indoor Percussion. She plays the flute in the SFHS Concert & Marching Bands and is the Vice-President for the band program. She has joined the Pickleball, German, One Africa, and Skills USA clubs, and narrowly lost her bid to be Freshman Class President. She has been inducted into the National Honor Society, National Tri-M Music Honor Society, National German Honor Society and the SFHS Beta Club. For her senior year, she was elected President of the SFHS German Club and German Honor Society. In 2023, Genna received a scholarship from AATG (American Association of Teachers of German) and spent 3 weeks of Summer '23 in Germany taking classes with the Goethe Institute. She stayed with a host family in Sassenburg in the North of Germany. In the Spring of 2024, Genna took and passed the German Language Diploma (DSD) Level 1 program and followed that up in the Spring of 2025 by passing the DSD Level 2 program which qualifies her to be admitted to college in Germany. In the Fall of 2024, she hosted a German student from Leipzig here in Cumming and visited Leipzig herself in Spring 2025.
Genna is a founding member of Scouting America Troop 5109 in Suwanee and has attended Florida Sea Base as well as Summit High Adventure Camps. She completed her Eagle Scout Board of Review in June, 2025 and is proud to be an Eagle Scout. Genna was elected into the Order of the Arrow and completed her Ordeal to become a member of Mowogo Lodge #243. She has been: Chaplain's Aide, Patrol Leader (3x), Asst Patrol Leader, Instructor, and Troop Guide. Her Eagle Project built an outdoor stage for St Columba's Episcopal Church which will be used for outdoor services and youth events.
For Summer 2024, Genna worked at Sweetwater Pools as a lifeguard at Brannon Hall and other local pools and provided private swim lessons to children.