Shelby is a freelance photographer, videographer, and photo editor based in San Francisco.

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, Kaiser Health News, Texas Tribune, Newsday, USA Today, among others.

Prior to moving to California, she worked as a multimedia producer and editor at Newsday. She was awarded an Emmy for Sports Photographer for her documentary, "Empress.” She was also awarded a Peabody for the investigative series, “Long Island Divided.”

As a News21 fellow, she investigated hate crimes in America as a lead photo editor, photographer, and videographer. The team produced a documentary called “Hate in America,” which won several awards, including the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

She was a multimedia producer and photo editor for The Texas Tribune from 2015-2018, and the photo editing fellow for the Science desk at NPR in Washington D.C. in 2017.

Shelby received a Master's degree from University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism in 2018, and a bachelors of science in Nutritional Science from Texas A&M University.