Lauren Giraldo

Lauren Giraldo was born on January 11, 1998, and grew up in Miami, Florida. As a child, Giraldo enjoyed entertaining and studied musical theater as a child. She described her parents as "strict but [also] supportive" as they did not allow her to use social media or go out with friends often. After enrolling in a new school, she registered a Facebook account under an alias and later had an Instagram account which she kept secret from relatives, which she used to talk to friends. Giraldo was an honors student and her favorite class was drama; in high school, she had two and a half hours of drama class daily.