TikTok influencer teens find fame offering a peek into their elite Manhattan lifestyles

A day in the life of Keeva Leddy, a 16-year-old in Manhattan, has a lot of moving parts.

- Jessica Roy

First, she puts on her school uniform - a polo top and a light-blue pleated skirt - before boarding the bus near her home on the Upper East Side to her private high school. She stops at Blank Street Coffee for an iced latte with oat milk before heading to a morning full of classes.

For lunch, she and her friends pop over to Butterfield Market for some sushi, before returning for afternoon classes.

After school, she goes home - in an Uber or via the subway - to relax, or heads to SoHo to browse the store selections at Brandy Melville and Garage.

Keeva, who recently started her junior year, shares days like this and more on her TikTok account, KeevaGRWM, which she started in 2025 as part of the “get ready with me” trend.

She is one of a handful of Manhattan teens who have found an audience on the app in recent months by posting videos showing what it is like to grow up in New York City.

Keeva’s 41,000 followers - many of whom are fellow teens from other parts of the country - eagerly tune in, hoping to gain insight into the rarefied world of Manhattan’s elite teens.