Brieanne Schneider
October 21st, 2009
Biography
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In the midst of one of the worst snowstorms of 1993, Terese Garcia was shoveling her driveway so that her boyfriend, Glenn Schneider, could easily get in when he came home. After working very hard, Terese decided to take a nap. When she woke up, she was surprised to find that she was in labor with her first child. She quickly called Glenn, packed her things and waited for Glenn to come home to bring her to the hospital. Terese was in labor for eighteen hours before giving birth to Brieanne Marie Schneider at precisely 12:12 in the afternoon on March 17th in Bellevue Women’s Hospital. Throughout Brieanne’s first few years, she was a relatively good child, and was told often that she was extremely confident in herself, a quick-learner, and most importantly to her parents, was a good sleeper that rarely cried. In April of 1994, Glenn and Terese ended their relationship. They were never married, and the split wasn’t very clean, but in the end Terese was given custody of Brieanne and Glenn was given visitation rights. Glenn was allowed to have every other weekend with her. Even though Glenn and Brieanne only see each other on those terms to this day, they are and have always been, extremely close and continue a great relationship. During her relationship with Glenn, Terese attended many parties with her friends and was introduced to Frank Attanasio one night. There was an immediate attraction, and once Terese’s relationship with Glenn was over, she and Frank began dating. Frankie then stepped in and assumed the role of a stepfather in Brieanne’s life. Brieanne began dancing around age three in 1996. She fell in love with dancing,
and continued to dance for eleven years. Terese and Frankie wanted the best for Brieanne, and they wanted her to be well rounded, so she did many things in art and sports throughout her life. Also, they wanted her to attend a good school, so she could acquire an adequate education, so they moved into their first house together in June of 1998 in Mohonasen district. Brieanne loved school. She was a brilliant child, and enjoyed learning very much. Also, she was very friendly. She met her first best friend, Jaimie Mucci, on one of the first days of school. Jaimie and Brie have almost been inseparable since then. On October 17th, 1999 on a warm fall day, Frank and Terese wed. Since the wedding was held outside, the venue was beautiful with all of the leaves already changed, and a pond in the background that held some birds that haven’t yet migrated south. The uniting of the two families proved to be a good decision on both halves. Brieanne is known as saying “I honestly don’t know what my family would be like without Frankie in it.” To her, he is an amazing man, and keeps the family together. Without him, Brieanne’s life would have been significantly different, and possibly a lot worse. Brieanne is very grateful that she has both Glenn and Frank in her life. Some people don’t have any father figure in their lives, and she felt blessed to have two. Also, having that extra support, Brieanne felt that she was better guided in life than most people. Four years into the marriage, Terese gave birth to Brieanne’s first little sister Isabelle on June 15th, 2003. Isabelle and Brieanne tended to clash on a regular basis on subjects such as what show to watch on TV, tattle tailing, and privacy, but they loved each other regardless and would have done anything for each other. Brieanne spent much of her time with her family, and enjoyed being with her sisters a lot.
In the spring of 2004, Brieanne began playing softball. Frankie had played with her since she was a baby, so once she joined a league, she did very well. Also, she loved the feeling of working together as a team to meet a goal. The idea of teamwork being instilled in her as a child helped her gain leadership qualities, and those have shone through her all of her life. Also, in the spring of 2007, as an eighth grader, Brieanne was brought up onto the Junior Varsity softball team for Mohonasen. Brieanne was so proud of herself, as were her family and friends. During the summer of 2005, Brieanne and her family began attending Calvary Tabernacle Assemblies of God church. Quickly, Brieanne got involved and became a student leader, to act as a role model for her peers in the church to follow. Since then, she did many volunteer projects, four missions trips, and worked at the church in many different areas. The entire family began getting more involved, but Brieanne was really the one who took the lead and helped show her family the good that they could do in and with the church. In the spring of 2007, Brieanne’s second little sister, Gabrielle, was born. Gabrielle is exactly the same that Brieanne was as a baby. She has this sense of humor that makes anyone smile and laugh, when she was only two years old! Her personality is precious, and she was a great attribute to the family. Once Brieanne hit high school, she really began to work hard and brought home “A” averages regularly. She had problems with some classes, as every teenager does, but she applied herself and strived to meet the goals that she set for herself. High school, especially her junior year, was challenging, but Brieanne worked hard and persevered throughout. She was in Tri-M music honors society, but after dropping orchestra in the
beginning of her junior year, she was not allowed to participate in that society any longer. She was also in French Honors Society, and National Honors Society. She was extremely grateful that her hard work through the past couple of years had paid off. Brieanne began dating Kevin Gaffney. Kevin had become a big part in not only her life, but her family’s life as well. She knew that she could count on him for anything, and he would always be a stronghold for her to rely on. Isabelle and Gabrielle adored him, and Terese, Frank, and Glenn trust him and knew that he is good for her, and only wanted to bring out the best in her. He pushed her to strive in all aspects, and was there for her to talk to if she couldn’t figure out how to reach a certain goal. After graduating from Mohonasen Senior High School, Brieanne went on to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on a full scholarship. She began knowing that she wanted to be in the medical field, but she wasn’t sure exactly where in that field. The classes she took there were very, very hard, but she pushed herself through them. Kevin, attending Hudson Valley at the time, visited her regularly and they remained together. He is also who helped her make the decision to major in biomedical engineering. Brieanne did many internships while at RPI, but her favorite was at Gzeuntenhagg’s Biomedical Engineering Company. There, she excelled in all of her studies and impressed her boss beyond belief! When she finally graduated RPI in 2017, Gzeuntenhagg’s asked her to work for them in the Research and Development field. Of course, she gladly accepted. October 25th, 2017 brought a big surprise to Brieanne, when Kevin finally proposed to her. They were wed a year later on a beautiful fall day. On their honeymoon night, Kevin made Brieanne the happiest girl in the world because he had reserved the
Cinderella Suite in the Cinderella Castle at Disneyland for them. Spending a night there had always been one of Brieanne’s top items on her bucket list. They spent the next day at Disney, then leaving that night for the Bahamas to stay at the Atlantis Hotel for two more weeks. Upon returning home, they moved into their new house and began starting their lives as a newly married couple. Kevin was quickly moving up the corporate ladder at the business firm he was working at, and Brieanne was head of her research team. They were becoming very wealthy, and decided it was time to begin expanding their home and family. Brieanne and Kevin were blessed with their first child on June 23, 2019. It was a son, Brandon Michael Gaffney. They adored Brandon so much. He quickly became their little angel. When he was a year old, Brieanne became pregnant again. This time, they had their first daughter, Codie Lynn. Brieanne was quick to seize the opportunity of getting their pictures done every year as they grew up, to decorate the house with. Brieanne and Kevin made sure to keep Brandon and Codie in any sports and other activities that they wanted to do. Brandon loved baseball. His favorite team was the Yankees, and he dreamed of playing for them when he grew up. Codie was a dancer and a softball player, just like her mommy! Family was extremely important to both Kevin and Brie, so they made sure to keep their family high in priority, and made sure that their kids knew they loved them all the time and they would be there for them during anything. In 2025, at the age of fifty-four, Brieanne’s mother died in a car accident. Although her mother and she didn’t get along very well as Brieanne was growing up, the death was still very hard on her. Gabby had taken it the hardest, since she was still living
at home and finishing up her senior year in high school. Brieanne took it upon herself to be there for Gabrielle the most that she could, especially since Isabelle was finishing up her last year of college. Isabelle finished everything up as quickly as she could, and took the first flight home after her finals. Brieanne, Isabelle and Gabrielle became much, much closer through this experience, no matter how much their different lives tried pulling them apart. Frankie and Gabby needed each other, since they were both in a house without Terese anymore, but Gabby was invited to stay with Kevin and Brie whenever she wanted to and needed someone to talk to. Brandon and Codie were growing up before Brieanne’s eyes so quickly. Before she knew it, she was buying dresses and tuxes for prom, dealing with broken hearts, and traveling all over god’s creation for sports games and dance competitions. Brieanne built an amazingly strong relationship with Codie, to try and make up for the relationship she had with her mother. Brandon was growing up to be a intelligent, athletic, and good looking young man. He was always there for his sister, especially chasing guys away from her. Codie was beautiful, and many guys dared to take on Brandon and Kevin, but few made it through. They were a loving and strong family, the kind that Brieanne always had hoped for. Frankie never remarried, because he felt that he could never replace Terese. He ended up passing in 2054, at age eighty-four of natural causes. Once again, the family was thrown together over a horrible situation, but ended up coming out stronger than ever. A year later, Brie’s final parent died. Glenn lived to be eighty-nine years old, even though he was a chronic smoker and asthmatic most of his life. This death hit
Brieanne the hardest, because she didn’t have her sisters as much to console her because they never really knew him. Brieanne quickly threw herself into her work to deal with the stress of the death of her father. Since she was so consumed in her work, Brieanne felt that she wasn’t paying enough attention to her family and quickly changed her entire life around. She began family traditions that her mima had done up until the day she dies. Every Sunday, everyone in the family would gather at her house and she would make a huge dinner and they would just enjoy each other’s company. Brieanne and Kevin finally retied in 2056, and family became their number one priority again. Sunday dinners continued, Christmas became bigger and bigger each year, and family vacations to Disneyland happened annually. Not to mention babysitting for Brandon and Codie whenever they needed her. She was the favorite grandma who always had candy and popsicles and took her grandkids swimming in the pool in the backyard whenever they wanted. Brieanne died on April 23, 2068, surrounded by her family at age seventy-five. Codie is quoted as saying, “When she passed, you didn’t even feel sad because of her constant reassurance that she was going to be with God. She dies with a smile on her face, and our love in her heart. What more could you ask for?” Brieanne had fulfilled every short and long-term goal that she had set for herself, whether it was at work or in her family. Also, every dream she had had was achieved, and she truly did die happy and content with the life she had lived.