Shequeta Smith

Shequeta L. Smith is a Salisbury, North Carolina native and alumna of North Carolina State University. Since 2008, she has been busy writing and directing films, comics, and award-winning screenplays that feature powerful women. In 2019, she was one of eight screenwriters selected to write a screenplay in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Impact screenwriting incubator.

In 2016, while working in corporate sales for Coca-Cola, Smith launched the multimedia company Shero Comics, which focuses on minority women in comics, films, and gaming. In 2019, Smith partnered with Westfield Corporation and launched the all-female comic convention, SheroCon.

In December, Smith was awarded the 2021 Digital Undivided Breakthrough Grant, powered by JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s Advancing Black Pathways. Most recently, she was selected by Goldman Sachs for the One Million Black Women investment initiative. Smith is using the funds to launch the gaming division of her company, “Shero Games.” Shequeta is repped by CAA.