After graduating from Baylor University with Finance and Management Information Systems degrees in 2000, Shannon was a commercial lender in the banking industry before becoming a teacher and then an office manager. She is a native Texan but has lived and worked all over the US with her husband, Drew, and their teenagers, Hayden and Hadley; they currently reside in Charlotte, North Carolina. In Shannon’s spare time she volunteers as a guide for individuals who are blind/visually impaired in the sport of triathlon.