With over one million subscribers on her YouTube channel, Giraldo also has followings on Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and TikTok.

Growing up in Miami, Florida, Giraldo started social media on Vine in 2013 as Princess Lauren, aged fifteen.

She has hosted and produced several shows and played roles in web series and Hope Springs Eternal (2018).

Giraldo moved to Los Angeles in early 2016 to pursue an entertainment career, aged seventeen.

[10] In June 2016, she starred in Camp Unplug, a series of thirty-six Vines, alongside thirteen other Viners and was nominated Best Actress at the 6th Streamy Awards for her performance.

[10][15] In April 2016, Variety reported that Giraldo had closed a deal with Covert Media to produce a docuseries about Latino culture in Miami.

Hosted by Giraldo, the series is twelve episodes long and focused on current issues surrounding young women, such as feminism, slut-shaming in the music industry and being a role model on the internet.

Giraldo described Lady Bits as a "passion project"; she and Whitnee Null serve as executive producers.

Known under the username @Lglaurennnn on Snapchat, her nomination noted her efforts to bring attention to women's rights and gender equality on social media.

The Lauren Giraldo Tour began in San Francisco on February 15 and ended in New York City on March 7.

[20] In 2017, Giraldo began to focus more on her physical health but found beginning to exercise daunting.

Experimenting with treadmill settings, she began walking on a 12 percent incline at 3 mph (4.8 km/h) for thirty minutes.