Caroline Calloway
American Internet celebrity
Caroline Gotschall Calloway (born December 5, 1991) is an American social media celebrity and author who initially developed a following while she was a student at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the 2023 memoir Scammer, the title of which references accusations of scamming she has received from fans and critics.
Early life and education
Calloway was born in Falls Church, Virginia, and was educated at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from the Phillips Exeter Academy. Her maternal great-grandfather is Owen Burns, an entrepreneur and real estate mogul who developed many of the historic structures in Sarasota, Florida. At the age of 17, she changed her last name to Gotschall Calloway because she felt it would "look better on books."
Calloway began undergraduate studies in art history at New York University. In 2013, after succeeding on her third application, she restarted at St Edmund's College, Cambridge, and graduated with lower second-class honours in 2016. She later admitted to having forged her academic credentials to secure admission to Cambridge. Calloway has stated that she has general anxiety disorder and depression. She has been open about her Adderall abuse and addiction while at Cambridge.
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