Lauren Akins is an American nurse and philanthropist, married to popular country singer Thomas Rhett. Her philanthropic works have taken her to various places in need of emergency aid due to disasters and poor economic conditions. She has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity and runs her own business to help fund more relief supplies around the world. Her good manners and enthusiasm for sharing her family moments have made her a social media sensation, gaining her widespread exposure on the popular photo-sharing platform, Instagram.
Lauren Akins – Bio (Age)
Lauren Akins was born Lauren Gregory on 8. November 1989 Tennessee. She grew up with her two siblings, Grayson and Macy, in the Madison suburb of northeast Nashville. She attended Goodpasture Christian School, a school in Madison that ranges from preschool through elementary to high school. In the same school she met her husband Thomas Rhett.
Once she was done with Goodpasture, Lauren Akins promoted her education to the University of Tennessee. During her college years, she was part of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and participated in several extracurricular activities. Lauren Akins graduated from college with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
career
After graduating, Lauren Akins was ready to house her bringing skills to the community. She started working for various charities, using all her caring skills to provide for those in need. Her work has taken her to third world countries in need of aid such as Haiti, Honduras, Kenya and Uganda. In each of them she had longer stays to do as much as possible for those she had traveled to help. Uganda was the country where she met the little girl she eventually adopted into her home with her husband.
Lauren Akins is currently with the charityOrganization 147 Million Orphans; A charity that provides food, water, shelter, education and medical care to less fortunate children. In 2016, Lauren Akins and her husband Thomas Rhett raised more than $250,000 for 147 million orphans. Lauren is a philanthropist and runs a jewelry line with Emily Dee called Lauren Akins X Ladybird. Charm necklaces are sold from sale to charities. In addition to her philanthropic endeavors, she has also appeared in several of her husband’s music videos.
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her husband & children
Lauren Akins has known her husband since they were both in first grade. They both attended Goodpasture Christian School and when they were teenagers they decided to meet. The relationship didn’t go too well and six months later they broke up and agreed to remain friends. They went their separate ways for college and almost married other people they dated. However, they later met and Thomas Rhett decided to question Lauren Akins again.
In December 2011, the couple were together at Lauren’s favorite restaurant, and Thomas proposed to her with the help of his mother. He popped the question with “Marry Me” on a bottle of wine. Lauren responded by writing “yes” on the same bottle, and so the couple became engaged. A year later, in October 2011, they finally married and honeymooned in Oahu.
The couple were blessed with two daughters in the span of their marriage. Willa Gray is their first daughter, who they adopted from Uganda on May 11, 2017. The adoption was carried out because they tried to conceive but were unsuccessful. As fate would have it, at the end of the adoption process, Lauren Akins found out that she was indeed pregnant. Three months later, on August 12, 2017, their second daughter, Ada James, was born.
Lauren Akins Net Worth (Income and Earnings)
It wouldn’t surprise anyone if Lauren Akins had a sizable net worth to her name thanks to her worldwide work and jewelry line. However, the lovely lady has not disclosed her net worth so it can only be found out through pure speculation. Her country singer husband, on the other hand, has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
height and body measurements
Lauren Akins stands a nice height of 5ft 10 inches and she has a body weight of 54 kg. She has gray eyes with blonde hair. She also has a 34 inch chest, 24 inch waist and 32 inch hips.