Eva Gutowski

Growing up, I was going to school for broadcast journalism. I wanted to be Oprah. ”

Learning some of the names and countries of my subscribers and what life is like for them is really cool. ”

I had a moment where I had reached 200,000 followers. At the time, a lot of people would get to that number on YouTube, and they'd stop growing. I was really scared because I didn't want that to happen to me, so when I reached 200,000 subscribers, I was like, 'Eva, you have to do this. You have to work hard and push past this number.' ”

I was going to college for broadcast journalism because I knew whatever career path I would take, I knew I wanted to be talking to as many people as possible and inspiring as many people as possible, particularly girls. When I was in college, I was like, 'I know I'm going to be on camera a lot when I'm older if I fall into my dream job.' ”

Back-to-school videos always do really well for me. ”

I have been writing since I was a kid and thought what I wrote down could one day be made into a book. ”

Just because #ad or #spon is there doesn't mean I'm only doing it for money. I make sure, in the text, that it's very obvious that I'm having fun. ”

The best thing about being on YouTube is being given a voice to inspire people and share my experiences. ”

I'm having a lot of fun playing myself out there on YouTube and showing who I am and getting to do projects that make me happy versus satisfy what people think a girl should be doing. ”

Travel takes a toll on you. ”