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“I SPECIALIZE IN
CHAOTIC FEMALE CHARACTERS AND gravitate towards character-driven stories.”

Shayla enjoys creating stories featuring characters with multifarious identities who navigate a world in which they are forced to choose just one.

 

storytelling at the root.

Shayla Racquel is an energetic, quintessential creative with a passion for storytelling birthed and honed by her southern roots. She is no stranger to overcoming odds - diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease at birth and a stroke at the mere age of 12, her battle with this illness is what brought her closer to the art of storytelling, which unlocked her love for filmmaking. 

 
 
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