Wire majored in psychology while attending Loyola Marymount University in 2003. In 2007, she also double minored in studio arts and art history. Her psychological fieldwork was completed in Buffalo, New York City, at a delinquent placement school. Her ex-fiance, Coy Wire, played linebacker for the Buffalo Bills at the same time.
Claire continued on to enroll in the Art Institute of Atlanta the following year, where she eventually earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in interior design in 2011.
