This last year has been crazy. What we need sometimes is a little serenity. At Armijo, we do have Serenity Brown, a sophomore whose younger sisters, Serena and Serene, will probably be joining her on campus in fall 2022.

Brown’s first name is unusual but she’s met others who share it. “I did meet someone in second grade who had the same name…Her mother brought her in to meet me because we had the same name,” Brown said. “I’ve also met a cashier with the same name as me.”

When people first hear her name, they talk about what a nice name it is. Sometimes Brown shares the connection with the Serenity Prayer that starts with the familiar lines “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.”

And would she change her own name? Brown was pretty sure she wouldn’t. “I think I’d stick with my name,” she said. “It seems to suit me well.”

While her name means peace, she has not always felt that peace over the last year. “This COVID-19 has stressed me out, made me unmotivated, and mentally drained me,” she said. “It made me feel so out of touch with the world, and myself.”

While her life has been a struggle this year, Brown has some things that keep her focused. “I’m involved in softball, and I was engaged with leadership,” she said.

She also has her eyes set on the future. “I plan to go to college somewhere out of the state, and possibly [out of] the country. In the past, I wanted to be a family/child therapist or a pediatrician,” said Brown. Those choices can be finalized later.