How Mormon Wives’ Avery Woods went from ‘broke nurse’ to social media fame
She has a pretty well-known podcast
Avery Woods is the CEO and influencer on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County cast – as if she isn’t busy enough already. She runs a really savvy travel company and hosts a podcast, but somehow, Avery found somewhere in her calendar free enough to say yes.
She has over two million followers on TikTok and 876k on Instagram. Before transitioning to full-time content creation in late 2023, she worked as a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurse and an aesthetic nurse injector, and now hosts a podcast on the Unwell network.
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Alongside that, Avery runs ReelStay as the chief commercial officer, which means she leads the brand’s marketing. But being really good at social media content hasn’t always been smooth-sailing. She is believed to have had huge drama with another influencer, Emilie Kiser.
After Emilie’s three-year-old son, Trigg, passed away in May 2025, Avery posted a TikTok video wearing a necklace with a T initial, which many felt was in bad taste. They have since stopped following each other on social media, with Avery saying it was the “hardest year”.
Avery is married to David Woods, who she shares two children, Ziggy and Stevie, with. She also has stepchildren from her husband’s previous relationship. Before her online fame, she lived pay check to pay check, and has spent almost a decade posting on social media.
She first started posting from a private Instagram account with 200 followers. She said on her Cheers! podcast: “I went public after Cherokee reached out. They noticed our school uniforms were Cherokee, sent me a DM. I was so broke and excited for free scrubs.”
Avery graduated nursing school at 22, and is now 29. Despite how successful her social media story has been, her kids won’t be allowed to use it until they’re 18. She said, “I want my kids to live a normal childhood, so I am respectful of things that happen in our family.”
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