As a child, Shea inherited her hard working attitude from her mother, and developed her versatile personality from moving to the Carolinas, Mississippi, New York, and now in Los Angeles, California.

Shea has had to wear many hats in her professional career. Beginning as Miss M ississippi, she then contracted with Kroger Food & Drug (grocery chain) for 4 years, as well as a 5-year contract as national spokesperson for Infiniti Division of Nissan North America. Some of her other credits include Dawson's Creek, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Monk and most recently The Last Great Infomercial which is on the Independent film circuit.