Yea she is from california. Everyone knew this and she has said herself she was born in california. The refugee story always seemed kinda weird but everything else she has been saying about her past is probably true. Her father is from libanon and she grew up sheltered with her father being very religious. Even her last name sounds foreign so she is definitey not lying about her etnicity and that part of her background.
And yea she definitely knew what she was doing when getting into camgirl career. She was probably just rebellious as a teen and started hanging out with some bad people and that way she somehow managed to get into the camgirl buisness very early on. Then she saw the money rolling in and she kept going until 2020 where she just got tired of that life and wanted something new. She clearly wasn't happy during the last couple of years of her camgirl career and she has said she is in a much better place now.