She attended Calabasas High School, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in communication and dual minors in multimedia writing and art history.

In 2009, she became one of the original ten founding collegiate members of Her Campus[2] and worked for the online magazine until her graduation, launching a culinary blog "Elizabeth's Eats", and winning a national award.

In 2011, Wagmeister was one of 25 students, and the only representative of California, to be selected nationally for the Associated Society of Magazine Editors internship program, which brought her to New York City to intern at TV Guide.

Wagmeister was offered a job as the assistant to the editor in-chief of TV Guide and moved to New York City where she rose the ranks as a red carpet reporter and writer.

[3] In 2014, Bonnie Fuller hired her as the senior entertainment editor of Hollywood Life where she ran the gossip site's television and film verticals, and hosted the brand’s daily YouTube series with her videos bringing in over 30 million views.