Pauley was born in Boston and raised in Ohio, Kentucky, South Florida, and Colorado, where she attended Cherry Creek High School.
She returned to Boston to attend Harvard University, where she entered the local music scene and began performing at coffeehouses and open-mic nights.
[4] She has appeared on Daytrotter,[5] PRI Mountain Stage,[6] BBC London, and Fox25 Boston.
[citation needed] In 2010, Pauley started dating singer, songwriter, producer and DJ, Shane Maux, who also co-wrote her song, "Wreck".
They have two children together, twins Lilou Dominica Lynn and Luca Rain Orion, born in 2015.