At 12 years old, Shelancia was introduced to the nonprofit world when she launched her own fundraiser to raise funds to ship a shipping container filled with food to Africa. From 2010 – 2014, Shelancia moved to Lagos, Nigeria where she spent the time planning and organizing creative events for the students in local schools. Upon returning to the United States, Shelancia loved having the ability to use outside the box and outside the classroom methods to educate children. She went back to school to obtain her master’s degree in educational psychology, and she used her knowledge of sewing/art/cooking/crafting to launch the Creativity Shell in 2015. Today, the Creativity Shell is a nonprofit organization on a mission to use creative trades to educate and inspire the next generation of makers. The organization teaches classes such as sewing/textile arts, cooking, building and other creative trades to students in our studios, libraries, schools, ABA therapy centers, the juvenile justice system as well as shelters that rescue children from homelessness and human trafficking. They currently have two chapters in Houston, TX & Rochester, NY and the organization is planning to open the first of its kind, community service center which will offer trades/art classes to children plus provide services such as free mental health therapy.