Keri Hoyt was worldoftshirts' teacher in his childhood. She stated in November 2024 that she was his teacher 25 years ago, which is 1999, before Josh was even born; however, that may be a false memory. She claims that she was Josh's "favorite teacher." [2] She and her husband Bernie provides some of his funds for his vacations. Josh also stated that she was associated with another person named Maddie, which may be her daughter.[3] Josh apparently saw Keri and Bernie at Atlantic City in 2024. Josh tried to meet with them again on Christmas 2024, but Keri declined, stating that she was busy with "a wedding and some family things."[4] She remains a mysterious figure in the worldoftshirts community, having only been discovered on August 3 2025 by redditors.Her TikTok can be found here.