Sienna Mae Gomez

Trailblazer Sienna Mae Gomez joins Lily to discuss body positivity and the power of radical vulnerability, specifically on social media. Sienna shares how she uses her mighty platforms on Instagram and TikTok to encourage acceptance, kindness, and honesty about our deepest insecurities while shining a light on the adverse effects of comparison and negative self talk.

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Originally aired FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Sienna Mae Gomez is an American social media personality and dancer from California. She is a nationally-awarded competitive dancer and is active at her high school in student government and as a member of the Varsity dance team. She also volunteers in her community through National Charity League. Sienna actively started posting content on TikTok to her @siennamaegomezz account in July 2019. In August 2020 she created another TikTok account – @siennamae – for her close friends and jokingly posted a video of her dancing in her kitchen with her belly out. That video – and several others poking fun at unrealistic beauty standards – went viral. Singer Lizzo copied one of Sienna’s famous dances and wrote in the caption, “Body positivity has entered the chat!”

As a competitive dancer, Sienna spent many years trying to “fit in” with her tall and thin peers. In 2019, she was honored with a coveted award at a California dance competition by judge Wyndee McGovern who told her, “You were born to stand out. Have confidence in who you are and what you bring to this stage because I promise, you will be a star.” From then on, Sienna worked on embracing what made her different, building her self-confidence and loving all parts of herself. Today, she encourages other young women to do the same through her fun, high energy, body positive videos. She receives hundreds of messages per day from women around the world thanking her for inspiring them to become more confident and to love themselves just as they are.

In September 2020, Sienna was chosen by TikTok as one of 12 “Trailblazers” in the Latinx community, identifying her as one of the next generation’s Latinx digital entertainment leaders. In December 2020, she was included in TikTok’s “Top 100” list as one of the most impactful creators as a “voice of change.”