Shanel was born in London but grew up in Rochester, Kent. Attending dance school at four and drama school at eight years old she finished school and studied Graphic Design & Typography at the London School of Communications for 2 years then specialised in Creative Advertising and Business Studies.
Whilst studying Shanel started DJing and her passion to make music grew in so far that she went on to study Sound Production and Engineering at the London School of Music.
Shanel soon set up her own studio and was writing and producing for herself and others.
Alongside this she developed an interest in social welfare and gradually became involved in the public sector working with disadvantaged groups to later work, write and consult with organisations on predominately Social Policy areas.
For near on 10 years Shanel's professional life was a unique mixture of multimedia design, music production and social policy.
2004 - 2008 continued to work on a mixture of contracts but was now spending her time between London and New York working in various studios, she also received awards and mentions for her work inc. names such as: Billboard, LA Music Awards, Future Music and an endorsement from Adidas
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After a schedule of travelling and studio work Shanel returned to London March 2008 to concentrate on the film industry, taking an acting role in a film shown at the London National Gallery and studying documentary film making in 2008 with an independent film school.
In between working on multimedia contracts, Shanel worked on film and theatre based projects including Sound Engineer / Front of House and Sound Design for a London theatre production, film score for a European Oxfam Documentary, music for a Red Cross Campaign, music for a health campaign with the NHS to name a few.
Shanel is unique is so far that she has a cross spectrum of varied abilties occupying her professional life which ordinarily could cause many to falter and become unsteady in their focus.
This broad range of abilities and talents form the basis for a longer term vision where Shanel will bring her professional creative and public sector knowledge and experience to a singular project.
As part of this longer term vision, Autumn 2009 Shanel started an academic study in Biological Psychology.
While Shanel studies she has introduced a series of workshops which integrate her professional life and experience alongside her studies into human psychology.
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