Wylie Sofia Garcia was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and resides in Burlington, Vermont. She received her undergraduate degree from The University of Chicago and her Master of Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art and Design at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her work has been exhibited in museums and institutions across the United States. Wylie is the recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation Fellowship, a St. Botolph Club Foundation Fellowship, and a Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant.