What would you do if you walked into your first class on the first day of college, and almost every person in the room already knew your name? That was the reality for Camila Salinas, a sophomore studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Originally from Texas, Salinas rose to fame after she started posting videos of her art on TikTok in her junior year of high school. Over the past four years, she has amassed over two million followers across all her social media platforms, with one million followers on TikTok.
Salinas’s interest in social media started from a young age. Growing up, she watched YouTube creators and filmed her own short videos with her iPad. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Salinas took the opportunity to focus more on her art…