Taylor University Chapel

Whitney Wheeler

Whitney grew up in Northern Michigan. She attended Taylor University in 2005, was known for surviving the van accident that resulted in her mistaken identity, and graduated in 2009. She married her high school best friend, Matt Wheeler, who is now retired from the US Army. During their first few years of marriage, they were stationed at Fort Campbell, KY, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Fort Bragg, NC and ROTC at Notre Dame, IN. She is currently living back in Northern Michigan with her husband, Matt and her three children, Zachary (12), Rebecca (11) and Samantha (10). She is working as a school counselor and is occasionally asked to do some public speaking; the Breaking point conference in California, Taylor University 2016, local conferences, The Kelly Files on FOX news, The Today Show, Dateline, Oprah, an international magazine, podcasts and is published in “Mistaken Identity.”