Former Disney channel actress Caroline Sunshine is joining the White House team as a press assistant. Sunshine, just 22-years-old, became famous for her role as Tinka Hessenheffer in Shake It Up. Shake It Up was a Disney Channel show about teen dancers that ran from 2010 to 2013. Zendaya also appeared in the show Shake It Up. Sunshine also appeared in the 2010 film Marmaduke. Sunshine had also served as a White House intern before receiving a full-time job.
White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters released a statement to CNN about Sunshine:
“Caroline Sunshine was a White House intern. In college, she was involved with the American Enterprise Institute and an active member of her school’s Model United Nations team. Prior to her internship at the White House, Caroline interned for the Office of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the College Republican National Committee and the California Republican Party.”
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