Good friends with her Girl Meets World (2014) co-star, Sabrina Carpenter. Has a dog named Winston. Started acting when she was 5 years old. She is the oldest of three children. She has a younger brother named Shane and a younger sister named Carmen. Rowan comes from a diverse ethnic background. Her paternal grandfather emigrated from the Middle East, and has Lebanese, Moroccan, Armenian and Syrian ancestry. Rowan's paternal grandmother is of Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and English descent, and Rowan's mother has one fourth Portuguese, as well as German and English, ancestry. Friends with actors Amandla Stenberg, Kiernan Shipka, Yara Shahidi, and Olivia Stuck. Was born and raised in Los Angeles, but likes to say that she's from New York, like her father, because she states that she always feels at home when visiting.
