Shayna Benardo was raised on the outskirts of Jupiter, Florida by two concert caterers hailing from Brooklyn and the Bronx. After getting her start in Miami and Orlando, she moved up to Atlanta. She maintains a unique skill-set ranging from piloting flight simulators to kickboxing. Recent credits include Sorority Secrets (2020- Lifetime), crime anthology series, Dead Silent (2021-Investigation Discovery), and most recently Of Our Trespasses (2021- Festival de Cannes nominated director, Taylor Ross).