The "Work from Home" hitmaker, who was born to a Mexican father and Cuban mother, migrated to America after she turned seven years old.
The move was rough, since she and her mum were forced to leave her dad behind, but to make matters less heavy, her sweet parents created a white lie about going to the "Happiest Place on Earth" to keep their daughter happy, reported Billboard.
"'We're going to Disney World!' That's what my Mom told me when we were crossing the border. She packed a little backpack with my Winnie the Pooh journal and my doll, and we crossed the border from Mexico to the US, seeing my Dad become an ant in the distance as he stayed behind," she revealed in the dynamic essay written for Popsugar.
But the hardship didn't end there, as her mother, an architect, couldn't practice her craft in America because her Cuban degrees were invalid in the US.
Ultimately the family managed to thrive in their new environment, but not without a lot of hard work, an industrious ethic Camila will be inspired by for the rest of her life.
"I am so proud to be Cuban-Mexican. This country was built on immigrants. People who were brave enough to start over. How strong we are to leave behind everything we know in hopes of something better. We are not fearless, we just have dreams bigger than our fears. We jump. We run. We swim, we move mountains, we do whatever it takes.