--- title: Former Disney Channel Star Joins Trump's White House Staff description: Caroline Sunshine starred in Disney Channel's "Shake It Up," and now she'll be press assistant in Donald Trump's White House. canonical: https://time.com/5218738/disney-star-caroline-sunshine-joins-trump-white-house/ author: Sarah Gray article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-28T15:49:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:57:57.795Z article:section: Politics og:title: Former Disney Star Joins Trump's White House Staff og:description: Caroline Sunshine starred in Disney Channel's "Shake It Up." og:url: https://time.com/5218738/disney-star-caroline-sunshine-joins-trump-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ab3cc35af1abeb7/69892c3397cdffb5a26b4ccb/caroline-sunshine-shake-it-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Caroline Sunshine Disney Shake it Up og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Former Disney Star Joins Trump's White House Staff twitter:description: Caroline Sunshine starred in Disney Channel's "Shake It Up." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ab3cc35af1abeb7/69892c3397cdffb5a26b4ccb/caroline-sunshine-shake-it-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former Disney Channel Star Caroline Sunshine Joins President Trump's White House Staff > Sponsored content. 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Prior to this new role, the 22-year-old was a White House intern. She has also interned in House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office, and has been involved in other various political organizations.  Caroline Sunshine in Hollywood, Calif. on July 9, 2014 Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic Her new job comes as President Donald Trump’s White House has seen a [series of departures](https://www.vox.com/2018/3/6/17088334/mcmaster-trump-white-house-staff-exits) — in just the last month, Gary Cohn resigned from his post as Chief Economic Adviser, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired, and H.R. McMaster former National Security Adviser, and Rex Tillerson former Secretary of State were ousted from their posts. On the last day of [February Hope Hicks](http://time.com/5180300/hope-hicks-resigning-donald-trump/), former White House Communications Director, announced she was leaving the White House. Cohn was [replaced by CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow](http://time.com/5197983/larry-kudlow-replace-gary-cohn-what-to-know/), McMaster Was replaced by Fox News contributor and former U.N. ambassador [John Bolton](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-war-cabinet-is-now-complete/2018/03/27/3a25b1cc-3201-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d%5Fstory.html), and Tillerson was replaced by CIA director Mike Pompeo. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5218738/disney-star-caroline-sunshine-joins-trump-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5218738/disney-star-caroline-sunshine-joins-trump-white-house/"},"headline":"Former Disney Channel Star Caroline Sunshine Joins President Trump's White House Staff","datePublished":"2018-03-28T15:49:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:57:57.795Z","description":"Caroline Sunshine starred in Disney Channel's \"Shake It Up,\" and now she'll be press assistant in Donald Trump's White House.","url":"https://time.com/5218738/disney-star-caroline-sunshine-joins-trump-white-house/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ab3cc35af1abeb7/69892c3397cdffb5a26b4ccb/caroline-sunshine-shake-it-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Gray","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-gray/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ab3cc35af1abeb7/69892c3397cdffb5a26b4ccb/caroline-sunshine-shake-it-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Caroline Sunshine Disney Shake it Up","caption":"Caroline Sunshine Disney Shake it Up","creditText":"Bruce Birmelin—Disney Channel/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5218738/disney-star-caroline-sunshine-joins-trump-white-house/","name":"Former Disney Channel Star Caroline Sunshine Joins President Trump's White House Staff"}}]}] ```