She has a younger brother named Austin.[3] Swift spent the early years of her life on a Christmas tree farm in Cumru Township, Pennsylvania.[4] She attended preschool and kindergarten at the Alvernia Montessori School, run by Franciscan nuns,[5] before moving to the Wyndcroft School.[6] The family then moved to a rented house in the suburban town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania,[7] where she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School.[8]