She frequently gives press interviews that cite her as the "Rebel Heiress" and seventh generation descendant of railroad tycoon, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
[1][2] Costin was born in [New York City] on February 21, 1979, as a maternal descendant of the Vanderbilt family.
Her mother is Serena Vanderbilt Van Ingen McCallum, a family and events photographer in Tiburon, California, and Brackenridge Costin, a life coach to entertainment people at his own firm, BCC & Associates, in Los Angeles.
[5] Her single Feel So Alive reached #23 on the Billboard charts in 2012,[6] and she performed the song[7] on the ZDF prime time show Fernsehgarten in August.
[1] Costin served for several years as the Vice President of the Ovarian Cancer Prevention Coalition of Greater California.