Shanea Abriel Strachan was born and raised in Freeport, Bahamas.

A writer since childhood, she has been writing poetry, short stories, songs and even screenplays for over a decade.

Shanea graduated St. Georges High School in 2008, leaving the Bahamas to attend college in the United States. She obtained her Associates of Arts Degree from Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Nebraska and is now obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts from New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico.