Shelley Mitchell was born and raised in a poverty-stricken environment in Oakland, Ca. She was exposed to homelessness and abuse throughout her childhood. Educated through the Oakland Unified School District but not receiving a high-quality education, she tapped into her resilience and enrolled herself into college. Shelley graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dramatic Arts in 2008. Shelley dealt with mental health issues most of her adolescences. Unaware of what she was really dealing with, she was carrying trauma pains from her childhood that were never properly addressed. After experiencing a mental health crisis in 2018, Shelley sought counseling and therapy. Counseling and therapy motivated her to answer her spiritual calling of helping and connecting with people, specifically teenagers, growing up in Oakland as she did. Shelley wants to help teenagers learn to own their dreams with their mind in the right space to reach them.Shelley is Oakland Made.