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 usually feature badass women. Recently, 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, 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 2018, Smith partnered with Westfield Corporation and launched the only all-female comic convention in America, SheroCon, which made history as the first comic-con to ever take place inside of a Westfield property. Currently, Smith is directing the upcoming feature-length documentary, "The Shero Universe," which follows her as she tours the world of international comic-cons and documents her ultimate goal as a creator...worldwide domination!