Originally hailing from Prince George’s County, Shauntia is an entrepreneur, educator, and advocate. Shauntia has conducted research on women, families, and children in Ethiopia, China, South Africa and Kenya, and continues to volunteer across local, state and federal government on various projects to address workforce improvements, substance abuse, and domestic violence, just to name a few. In 2010, she received the School of Public Health's Dean Senior Scholar award at the University of Maryland, College Park. Throughout her social work career, she served as an Advisor to CSWE’s Policy Education and Practice Committee, and testified and organized on behalf of legislation and programs pertaining to the social work workforce, educational access, and youth and family development. Shauntia has been recognized as a Prince George’s County Social Innovation Fund 2015 “Forty UNDER 40 Prince George’s County” honoree and Distinguished Alumna for Prince George’s Community College 2015 Convocation. In 2016, she earned the titles of “Organizer of the Year” by the Congressional Research Institution for Social Work and Policy, “Advocate of the Year” by the National Association of Social Workers-DC Metro Chapter, and provided social work insights to Sage Publications, focusing on child development, youth and social work.

Shauntia has extensive experience in grant reviewing, having evaluated diverse grant applications across multiple programs. Notably, in the summer of 2022, she reviewed grants for the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Fund under the AZ Governor’s Office for Youth, Faith and Family, assessing proposals aimed at enhancing workforce development and community engagement. From 2020 to 2021, she served as a grant reviewer for the Emerging Leaders Fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation, where she evaluated funding requests aimed at fostering leadership and community development among young professionals. Additionally, in 2017, Shauntia has contributed to the Sharing Prince George’s initiative by the Greater Washington Community Foundation, reviewing applications focused on local community improvement projects. Through these roles, she has honed my skills in evaluating the feasibility, impact, and sustainability of proposed projects.

Currently, she is a full-time faculty member at Grand Canyon University where she teaches majority social work and sociology classes.

Shauntia holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, a Master’s degree in Human Development and Family Science from Oklahoma State University, a Bachelor’s degree in Family Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an Associates Degree with honors from Prince George's Community College. She is certified in Human Service Leadership and Management, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Entrepreneurship Education, and Political Campaign Management.