Her parents, Malwinder and Sukhwinder Singh,[8] are originally from Punjab, India, and she was raised as Sikh. She has an elder sister named Tina.[9] As a child, Singh has said she was a tomboy.[10] She attended Mary Shadd Public School during her elementary years and in 2006, she graduated from Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute.[11] In 2010, she graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. Singh developed a strong connection with her Punjabi heritage during visits to India.[12] She struggled with depression, and began making YouTube videos as a way of dealing with her feelings.[13] As a young adult, she lived with her parents in Markham, Ontario, and in 2015, she moved to Los Angeles, where she currently resides, to further her career.[14]