Shanti was raised in Latin and South America. She began performing in public at a very young age; singing, dancing and acting at private parties, hotels special events, restaurants and clubs to eventually stage, tv, radio and various venues all over Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and other latin countries.

Her love for performing as well as her talents and enthusiasm became apparent when she was askd to fly in from Brazil to Japan to dance in a music video and to Washinton DC to participate/co-coreograph in a traveling troupe all over the USA. She eventually moved to Texas and became a certified fitness instructor teaching 18-20 classes a week and perfoming on stage on the side.

She has a ATTAC award for lead actress in a drama.

"If I could define my childhood/young adult lifestyle in one phrase it would be, a combination of The adventures of The Swiss Family Robinsons meet The Fockers who live like gypsies and The Von Trapp Family. I believe the unique and eccletic way of life in which I was raised has given me a magnificent library from which I can take from it's shelves and use those resources and chapters to create intriguing and true life characters in my acting."