Everyone knows the feeling of taking your parents’ phone and pretending to film for your 10 million subscribers. Lilato Hunt (10) has made that her reality. Hunt has recently accumulated 12.7k followers along with juggling other various commitments.
Hunt is very involved in the Parkway Central community, playing volleyball, soccer, and taking on the role of Treasurer for the class of 2027 Student Council. Along with playing club volleyball and learning taekwondo outside of school. With all these extracurriculars, school, a social life, and maintaining a TikTok following Hunt struggles with balance
“Some struggles I’ve experienced in my high school career would definitely be time management. I kind of suck at getting things done on time, and I’m definitely a procrastinator,” Hunt said.
Hunt’s ultimate goal is to be a big influencer, sparked from her love of content creation and joyful nature. One day, she hopes to become a popular influencer.
“In the future, I definitely want to be more of an influencer, more one of the big people, one of the big influencers. And I feel like it’s just something I’ve always loved to do. I always love creating content and making people smile,” Hunt said.
An influencer isn’t all Hunt is striving for. “I want to own a business,” Hunt said.
The steps to becoming an influencer and entrepreneur are no easy task. Hunt is doing anything she can to help her reach the top, including taking classes here at Parkway Central.
“I’m currently in Marketing I, and I’m already signed up for Marketing II next year, because marketing is definitely one of the big things I want to do in my life. I’m also in Broadcast and Production to help with my production, broadcast and production skills when it comes to YouTube and TikTok and what I’m going to need in the future to help me be successful,” Hunt said.
Surrounding yourself with the right people can always lift up your success. Hunt has really been feeling the love and support from her friends.
“I would say I’ve had a good handful of friends who’ve really touched my heart when they’re talking about my videos or how much they love watching them, or just talking about how much they believe in me and how they think I’m gonna go do great things, but definitely my friends,” Hunt said.
Even though Hunt hasn’t reached the peak of her social media success, she still has many accomplishments to be proud of including a partnership with Evry Jewels. Every time a user uses the code “LILATO” they will receive 20% off their purchase.
“I’m definitely proud of myself for becoming an Evry Jewels ambassador,” Hunt said.
