The daughter of Trinidadian immigrants, Shana is a former fashion designer turned filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. Previously, Shana worked in post-production doing motion graphics for commercial and television. In 2021, she was awarded the Devery Freeman Memorial Award for Screenwriting for her sci-fi/horror feature screenplay FACSIMILE. In 2023, her sci-fi pilot script CLONES was a Circle of Confusion Writer Discovery Fellowship Finalist and her sci-fi/action feature script SUPERVILLAINOUS was a WGAe and FilmNation NY Screenwriting Fellowship Finalist. In 2025, her sci-fi/horror feature screenplay was also a Finalist for Almanack Screenwriters October Colony. Shana has written, directed and/or produced several commercials and short films with plans to make her debut feature in the very near future. In her free time, Shana volunteers with Hollenback Community Garden, Climate Families NYC and Books Through Bars.