Katy Wheeler

Katherine Paulette "Katy" Wheeler (born February 3, 1999) is an American model and media personality. The daughter of Eleanor Wheeler, Wheeler came to prominence as a social media influencer and x|Instagram model. She has amassed over 31.2 million followers on Instagram, and also has a successful x|YouTube channel with over 6.5 million subscribers, where she films fashion and beauty-related videos and vlogs.

Early life and family
Wheeler was born on February 3, 1999 in x|Luxembourg City to parents Robert (born 1964) and Eleanor Wheeler (née Poole; born 1965). At the time of her birth, her father was teaching x|English at a Luxembourg high school, while her mother worked as a diplomat at the x|U.S. Embassy. Through her father, she has x|French, x|English, x|Scotch-Irish, and x|German origin, while her mother was born to x|South African parents of English, x|Cornish, x|Afrikaner, x|Dutch, and x|Flemish-Belgian origin. She is the elder of two daughters; her younger sister is Meaghan, born April 16, 2000.

Shortly after her birth, the family moved to x|Brussels, Belgium after her mother was transferred there. They later moved to x|Vilnius, Lithuania in 2003, and x|Paris, France in 2006. They remained in Paris until 2010, when the family moved to the x|Georgetown neighborhood of x|Washington, D.C., later settling on the x|Upper West Side of x|Manhattan in x|New York City in 2013.

Education
Wheeler attended private schooling throughout her life. She began her education in 2004, attending x|Vilnius International School in x|Vilnius, Lithuania. After moving to x|Paris, France in 2006, Wheeler began attending the x|International School of Paris. When the family returned to the United States in 2010, Wheeler enrolled at x|Sidwell Friends School, an elite independent coeducational PK–12 x|Quaker school in x|Washington, D.C. that has educated numerous children of American politicians.

Wheeler left Sidwell Friends in 2013, after the family moved to x|New York City. In New York, Wheeler enrolled in x|Columbia Grammar &amp; Preparatory School, an independent coeducational PK–12 school. Despite her mother's election to the United States Senate and return to D.C. in 2015, Wheeler remained enrolled at Columbia Grammar and graduated in 2017. After finishing high school, Wheeler enrolled in the x|Gallatin School of Individualized Study at x|New York University, where she is studying fashion and media.

Personal life
Wheeler is a registered x|Democrat who has campaigned with her mother on numerous occasions and appeared in several campaign videos for her mother. She resides primarily in x|New York City and is registered to vote in New York, but also owns an apartment in the x|Studio City neighborhood of x|Los Angeles, California and frequently resides in the family's townhouse in the x|Georgetown neighborhood of x|Washington, D.C. Wheeler speaks fluent x|French following her years of education in France.