Brooke-Athena Melanie Gejoff was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia to parents Bithia Rissinger and Thomas Gejoff. Her mother is of German and Irish heritage and her father is Macedonian. She grew up in Lebanon Pennsylvania where she eventually attended and graduated from Lebanon High School. Brooke-Athena attended four different universities from 2012-2015. In 2012 at the age of 18 Brooke-Athena moved to Paris, France and attended the American University of Paris. While in Paris Brooke-Athena studied Film, Philosophy and French. In 2013 she studied theater at California University in Pennsylvania. In the fall of 2013 Brooke-Athena began studying advertising at Penn State Harrisburg. She later transferred to and graduated from Penn State, University Park.In 2016 Brooke-Athena worked in Manhattan, NY as an Associate Digital Media Planner in entertainment at the ad agency Media Storm. After leaving her New York she returned home to pursue a life in the arts.At 24 Brooke-Athena went to a local open casting call for the film Right Before Your Eyes. It was there that Brooke-Athena landed her first on screen role as the maid of honor in a Bachelorette party.Brooke-Athena resides in Lebanon, Pennsylvania where she is working on her first book and continues to create and sell art on her Etsy page, Brooke Athena Gallery. Show less «