Senait attended high school in Tallahassee, Florida, where she
graduated from Florida High School in 1984. She attended Florida State
University (where her father was a professor and her sister, Nina, also
attended) where she graduated with a degree in Drama in 1988. As a teen
she played "The Maid" in the stage version of "Mrs. MacThing",
performed at Florida State University for 4 weeks.