Paola Merrill
Paola Merrill | |
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| Born | December 5, 1996[1] Puerto Rico |
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| Followers | 250 thousand |
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| Years active | 2020–present |
| Subscribers | 1.6 million |
| Views | 100 million |
| Last updated: 21 April 2026 | |
Paola Merrill (born December 5, 1996) is an American YouTuber and author.[3][4] She has over a million subscribers on her YouTube channel, TheCottageFairy.[5] She wrote The Cottage Fairy Companion.[6]
Early life and education
Merrill grew up in Puerto Rico before moving to the southern United States. She also lived in Cuba for a few years, as well as Ireland and Italy. Her father is a former Navy captain from Washington. Her mother is a native Puerto Rican who moved to New York at the age of 22 and later joined the Navy Reserve. Paola has two siblings: Rohan Merrill, her younger brother, and Liana, her older sister. Rohan is also a YouTuber with a channel called Letters From Ro, and Liana is a martial artist.[7]
In Dublin, Ireland, she took an English language course at the University College Dublin. She then relocated to the United States to pursue a literature degree at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.[8]
Career
Merrill launched her YouTube channel, TheCottageFairy, on March 21, 2020.[9] She has 1.57 million subscribers on her YouTube channel as of June 2025.[10]
References
- ↑ "I needed to step away from social media - starting anew on my birthday week". YouTube. December 2022.
- ↑ The Joy of Book-Giving by Paola Merrill
- ↑ philosophy behind her popular Youtube channel, The Cottage Fairy, was to bring people from all backgrounds together and develop a greater awareness of nature preservation and sustainable living.
- ↑ The Cottage Fairy Companion
- ↑ the philosophy behind her beloved YouTube channel
- ↑ Library Journal review #1 Best Seller in Small Homes & Cottages
- ↑ Meet the cottage fairy/, 24 June 2022
- ↑ English literature student, and has worked as a magazine editor
- ↑ YOUTUBE'S WOMEN FROM WASHINGTON STATE, 30 August 2022
- ↑ Balancing the Grind with Paola Merrill, Author & YouTube Creator of The Cottage Fairy, 28 July 2022
External links
Quotations related to Paola Merrill at Wikiquote