Shawna Buchanan was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She has a passion for helping others and is a certified Recovery Mentor. She also serves as a house manager for a sober living community. In her previous role, she was a Lead Resident Advisor for a hope center, helping provide services for individuals experiencing homelessness. In her spare time, she loves to do arts and crafts of all kinds, enjoy hiking and the outdoors as well as photography! She is also recently engaged!