Cara is from Brampton, Ontario, Canada, a suburb of the greater Toronto area. As a kid she wrote poetry and did theater. At that age of 10 she began playing guitar and taught herself how to play various songs. At the age of 13 she began where she posted covers of songs that she performed.
I first picked up a guitar when I was ten years old; my parents surprised me with it for my tenth birthday. I started taking lessons when I was thirteen, but only for a few months, and then I just kept teaching myself.
Both my parents are Italian. My mom was born and raised in Italy. My dad was born in Canada, but then they moved to Italy.