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 short films, writing and creating comics, and writing award-winning screenplays that typically feature badass women. In 2019, she was one of eight screenwriters in the world selected to write .... more
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 short films, writing and creating comics, and writing award-winning screenplays that typically feature badass women. In 2019, she was one of eight screenwriters in the world selected to write a screenplay in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Impact screenwriting incubator program.
In 2016, while working in corporate sales for Coca-Cola, Smith launched the multimedia company Shero Comics, which focuses on women in comics, films, and gaming - with the mission to help women and girls uncover their superpowers. In 2019, Smith partnered with Westfield Corporation and launched the only all-female comic convention in America, SheroCon, making history as the first comic-con to ever take place inside a Westfield property. Smith was recently awarded the 2021 Digital Undivided Breakthrough Grant, powered by JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s Advancing Black Pathways, to develop her award-winning graphic novel series, Rayven Choi, into a mobile game.
