Today we’d like to introduce you to Camila Guadarrama.
Hi Camila, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I remember when I was first introduced to social media all my friends had a Myspace and that was short-lived because then Facebook came around. I never really had a Facebook but I had a Tumblr and I want to say Tumblr is what made me love and hate social media. Tumblr allowed me to be able to post whatever aesthetically pleasing pictures I wanted without a care in the world. I wanted to be a “Tumblr girl” so bad. Then instagram was introduced in high school and I took what I would do on Tumblr and posted it on instagram. I remember people always commenting on the way I would post pictures and people always asking me to make their pictures look “aesthetic” for them. So it was no surprise to many when I translated that into TikTok. I love creating content and having the freedom to showcase the ideas and visions I have in my head for everyone to see. I love it even more because I get to create content I love with my mini me.
When I was 22 I began to randomly make TikToks and they would go viral (and by viral I mean 30k which isn’t even close to what I was about to experience). I began gaining more attention from people when I became pregnant and people began to label the father of my child and I as “couple goals” our maternity picture went viral on Pinterest and got over a million pins and 800k likes. But What really gave me the platform I have today along with. Many other videos would be when I introduced the story of how I reconnected with my childs father with over 13.6 million views. From there I began to constantly get videos that would hit over a million with comments that would were nonstop. People became very interested with our life so we began to document it on every social media platform. People began to recognize Lola when we would go out. Lola to this day just has to bat her big blue eyes and she’ll be recognized. Of course, she loves the attention because all eyes are on her. Still to this day, it catches me off guard when people recognize us and tell us they have followed our entire journey since Lola was born.
A couple of months later Lola’s father and I decided to go our separate ways. I took a month off from social media to be able to recoup with everything and be able to come back better than ever. After a month’s break from all socials, I came back and focused on solely making content with Lola. As well as showing my followers the “real” me and what this new life of being a single mother is like. Since then Lola and I have been able to secure amazing brand deals and sponsorships that have helped me be able to stay home a lot more. I have started a podcast called “dairy of a mad Latina” where we talk about everything but really just the things people go through on a regular basis. I became more open on what it is to be a single mother in hopes to show other single mothers that they are not alone and that life does not have to feel like it ended just because they are single mothers. My goal is to be able to empower all mothers to be able to be the best possible versions of themselves regardless of what life throws at them.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
I believe the hardest challenges that I have gotten over are the rude comments I would get on social media. I think it took a while for me to really sit myself down and realize that people will always have something negative to say and if I let it get to me, it will only bring me down. Because of my very public breakup, it was really hard to be able to just continue on making content like nothing happened because people felt entitled to want to know details on why the split happened. I think when someone starts to gain a following and shows parts of their life to the internet people tend to forget that they’re real people with real problems as well so it made it hard to get through the breakup when I was getting 20+ messages on instagram. But of course, with time people have forgotten so it has allowed me to breath and be able to continue to create with being scared of being asked about my personal relationship. Social media has always played a big role with my self-esteem and I think it wasn’t until this year that I finally had to get myself together and not let it continue to have the hold on me that it has had for years.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I make mommy and daughter content with my beautiful blue-eyed curly-haired Lola. Our biggest platform is TikTok with over 136k followers and instagram but we hope to make our biggest platform youtube one day!
Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
I see a lot changing in the next couple years or even months. Im in the works of new projects constantly! My end goal is to have a cooking show with me and lola a “mommy and me” type of channel on YouTube. I want to primarily focus on only growing on youtube in the next couple months. I want to be able to show other moms out there that being a single mother isn’t bad at all and build a supportive community of not only mothers but women in general!
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camichula_/?hl=en
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZcZUW6DuzCaw5igCRgAAlQ
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@camichurro_123
Image Credits
All film pictures were taken by @kailebjaylin on instagram
