The almost 9 million people who follow Camila Coelho on Instagram know all about her impeccable style and flawless makeup.

What they might not know is how much of her ethos is tied to her story of immigrating from Brazil to Pennsylvania and choosing to stand out rather than fit in. When we talk, I also learned just how much of Camila's hustle comes from a promise she made to her mother years ago.

You've said you were raised fearless.

What did that look like?

I was raised in a very small town of Brazil, a town of like 15,000 people in a countryside.

I had very limited access to the world in general.

But the good thing about growing up in such a small town was that I was so free.

I could just get out of the house, play with my friends.

Yeah, I was just such a free child.

Today, like, I am so grateful looking back that I grew up in such a small town and that I didn't have any fears.

My mom would just let us go out and do our thing and come back home later on,

and she wasn't worried.

I wasn't worried of something

happening to me because, you know, that's like growing up in a small town looks like in Brazil.

And being so connected with nature and all of it, that's what made me so happy, free,

and fearless. So yeah. And then you moved to Scrant in Pennsylvania, which is quite the twist in

this story. I know. What do you most remember about that move? First, before we moved, we went

to visit. And I loved it. I didn't go to just Pennsylvania. Of course,

I went to New York, where my dad was. My parents were divorced at the time. And I remember just

exploring this country. And I was so in love with it. I wanted to learn the language. I wanted to

go to school in the United States. Like, I wanted it. And I was so in love with it. I wanted to learn the language. I wanted to go to school in the United States.

Like I wanted it.

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