Ceci learned to swim at the JCC on the Upper West Side, and further developed her aquatic skills over summers at a lake in the Adirondacks. However, she truly fell in love with the sport at age seven, when she joined a YMCA swim team in East Greenbush, NY, outside of Albany. Ceci continued competing for the East Greenbush Y Sea Lions throughout her age group and teenage years, and in eighth grade she joined her school's varsity team as a distance swimmer. Ceci graduated from Drexel University in 2022 with a degree in film and television and now spends her free time practicing her writing. When she’s not swimming or writing, Ceci is in the kitchen baking or spending time with her sister.