Schuyler Jasienowski
Bank Street School for Children '17
Bank Street was such a pivotal time in my life, I can recall so many good things that happened. It’s innovative, a place of creativity, and it allowed me to explore many different mediums at once. It gave me the tools to learn and to be versatile in whatever I want to do.
Schuyler Jasienowski has always followed a creative and exploratory path. What began with a passion for art and graphic design evolved into an unexpected, high-profile career in fashion, culminating in his role as a model captain in New York Fashion Week. His journey has been, in his own words, “a lot of turns down the same road”—an ongoing exploration of himself and the world around him.
After graduating from Bank Street in 2017, Schuyler attended Foreman High School in Litchfield, CT, which he said was helpful for his learning disabilities (he shared that he has ADHD) and improved his social and academic confidence.
He went on to Skidmore College, where he initially considered majoring in psychology or maybe physiology to become a personal trainer. After his long-held “hoop dreams” of playing college basketball did not pan out, a choice that stemmed naturally from a lifelong interest in art and drawing comics, even while he was a student at Bank Street. As he focused in on art and graphic design, along with a shift in attention to his own daily wardrobe around junior year of college, Schuyler started pursuing a career in fashion as a professional model. Inspired by his friend, Christopher Campos, who had created his own fashion brand called Duende around the same time, Schuyler soon became the brand’s main model and casting director.
Schuyler graduated in 2025 with a degree in graphic design, crediting Bank Street as a pivotal time in his life.
He recalled, “I’ve gained such skill from Bank Street, not just to multitask but to be multifaceted in so many things. Bank Street taught me to be okay with exploring, and that there’s no limit to what we can do as people.”
At a networking event for Skidmore alumni, Schuyler connected with designer Jason Christopher Peters, who asked if he would walk for him in New York Fashion Week. Seeing Schuyler’s careful attention to detail—a trait that Schuyler attributes to his experience at Bank Street in the 13s/14s musical, in which he dove into the character of Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, even making his own props. Schuyler led the model crew for the fashion week show, and Peters commended him for being a model captain.
In addition to modeling and serving as casting director at Duende, he also currently works two retail jobs and has a self-made personal training business.
Reflecting on the less than straight path he took to find his passion, Schuyler remembers how Bank Street instilled in him the ability to explore across mediums with the curiosity to be okay with setbacks and frustration, and that investing in one’s work with a commitment to keep trying can reap rewards.
“A lot can happen just a year of consistent work. I walked in two runway shows in one year without an agency,” he said. “Don’t be afraid to reach out, be curious, and most of all, be yourself.”
Watch more of our interview with Schuyler.