Amy Wakeland Age, Birthday【 Bio 】Education, Height, Wiki, Daughter

Name Amy Wakeland

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB August 27, 1969. As of 2024, she is around 55 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Partner Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Amy Elaine Wakeland, better known as the First Lady of Los Angeles, is an effervescent personality with many achievements. Her husband, Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of Los Angeles since 2013, has proclaimed on record how Amy is his rock and Rockstar for tirelessly working without taking any monetary remuneration to make Los Angeles a better place.
Amy gets many platitudes from everyone who is a stakeholder in her husband’s city.

A labor attorney and close friend of Amy describes her as an incredible force for positive change. Amy continues to inspire young children and underprivileged women who take inspiration from her to dream about a better future.

Family :

Born on August 27, 1969, Amy has been with her husband for over 25 years. The two got married in the year 2009.

As of 2021, Eric and Amy have a 10-year-old daughter named Maya Juanita Garcetti. Maya was born and brought up for the initial years of her life in Indiana.
Besides Maya, the couple has provided foster care for many kids. They continue to enjoy familial relationships with many of these kids who have been adopted or reunited with their families.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Amy was a student at Albion College in Michigan. However, an interesting thing happened when she won the Rhodes scholarship. Suddenly, she was catapulted to the big leagues because of the scholarship…she was able to start her studies at Oxford. At Oxford, her contemporaries included some of America’s most promising young scholars, including future American Senator Cory Booker and her future husband, Eric Garcetti.
Amy and Garcetti were initially drawn closer at Oxford by their shared social and political values.

Work : Career, Salary and Net Worth

Before becoming famous as the spouse of the City Mayor, Amy has worked as a waitress, which also sponsored her education.
Amy also worked as a dispatcher for the campus police department.
Currently, Amy serves as a public policy expert, political strategist, and advocate for women and children.

Amy has advised many political campaigns over the years, including Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential run and Garcetti’s first mayoral campaign. She has worked with a wide range of nonprofit advocacy and service organizations.

Famous Spouse :

Amy’s husband, Eric Michael Garcetti, was born on February 4, 1971. He was born and brought up in Los Angeles, California.

Eric was a visiting instructor of international affairs at the University of Southern California (USC) before joining politics. He has also worked as an Assistant Professor of diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College.
His academic work centered around Ethnic conflict and nationalism in Southeast Asia and Northeast Africa. He has written and published many articles and books around the topics of post-conflict civilizations, Eritrean patriotism, and non-violent deeds.
He has been a part of the California Board of Human Rights Watch and has also been on the advisory board of an arts education nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles for Young Storytellers

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

In the middle of December 2020, Amy’s daughter Maya Garcetti was diagnosed with coronavirus.
Amy has played an important role to play in many women holding many key positions in the Los Angeles city commissions. She has been instrumental in hiring women in various city departments.

In May 2021, lawyers filed papers with the court requesting that Amy be deposed in a lawsuit brought by a former mayor’s bodyguard. The bodyguard claimed that he was mistreated by a senior Eric Garcetti assistant.